PUSS IN MISCHIEF.
Reading edition
Action Poem.
WHERE[1] are you, kitty? [2]Where are you?—say. I’ve scarcely seen you At all to-day. [3]You’re not in mischief, I hope, my dear; Ah, now I have found you! How came you here? [4]That’s mother’s knitting, [5]You naughty kit! Oh! such a tangle You’ve made of it! [6]’Twas that which kept you So very still; [7]Mamma will scold you, I know she will. [8]So, puss, come to me, You rub your fur Against my fingers, And say “purr, purr.” [9]I know you mean To say, “Don’t scold,” So close in my arms My puss I’ll hold. [10]And now, I’ll tell you, My little pet, That mother’s knitting You must not get. [11]The wool will never Be wound, I fear; [12]But mother’ll forgive My kitty dear.
DIRECTIONS.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Enters, looks all around, and recites first line.Note 2 · Recites second line little more emphatically.Note 3 · Walks to stage L, and looks, while she recites in anxious tone; suddenly face brightens.Note 4 · Discovers that kitten is playing with her mother’s knitting, and in surprised voice speaks.Note 5 · Shakes finger at kitten, picks up knitting and examines it.Note 6 · Turns and looks at kitten, who seems to be at her side.Note 7 · Somewhat anxiously. Sits down and looks at kitten.Note 8 · Kitten climbs into lap and apparently rubs against her fingers. Girl looks down as if to scold.Note 9 · Looks into kitten’s eyes; hugs kitten close.Note 10 · Shakes finger warningly at kitten, which she holds up before her. Shows kitten knitting; puts knitting down.Note 11 · Looks sorrowfully at the hopelessly tangled wool.Note 12 · Turns suddenly to kitten, as if the dearness of her kitten will cause mother to forgive her; finishes hugging the kitten.