A MIRROR CAT.

I REALLY wish you’d all sit still, And try to hear a curious tale That happened just the other day. There is another yellow cat Who sits behind a golden frame, And looks so very much like me You’d think that we were just the same. Yet, when I mew aloud or call, She moves her mouth again to me, But makes no sound at all. And to the dullest kitten It’s plain enough to see That either I am mocking her, Or she is mocking me. It makes no difference what I play, She seems to know the game; For every time I look around I see her do the same. And yet no matter though I creep On tiptoe lest she hear, Or quickly dash behind the frame, She’s sure to disappear.