POLLY PRY’S KITTEN.
Reading edition
MY[1] dear old Maltese pussy! You’re so soft and sweet to pat, [2]An’ I love you all the better, ’Cause you’re called a Maltese cat. [3]When brother Dickey brought you, He said: “Now, Polly Pry, You can’t maul an’ tease this kitty, And I will tell you why. [4]“She’s called a Maltese pussy, [5]So as little girls like you, Will know that maulin’ an’ teasin’ her Is what they musn’t do!”
DIRECTIONS.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Child enters, walks to chair at stage C, looks down at kitty, speaking in loving tones, and petting her.Note 2 · Speaks as if she felt slightly teased.Note 3 · Continues petting kitty, and shakes a finger as if in warning.Note 4 · Drawls the line, separating the word into “Mal-tese,” and giving stress to “tease.”Note 5 · Shakes finger insistently, pulls and hauls at kitty. Gives a little meow.