PUSSY-CAT AND MOUSE ON THANKSGIVING.

IT was a hungry pussy-cat Upon Thanksgiving morn, And she watched, and she watched, And she watched, and she watched, She watched a thankful little mouse, That ate an ear of corn. “If I ate that thankful little mouse, How thankful he should be, When he has made a meal himself To make a meal for me. Then with his thanks for having fed, And his thanks for feeding me, With all his thankfulness inside— How thankful I shall be.” But the little mouse had overheard And declined with thanks to stay. So before the cat could make a spring Dear little mouse did glide Right through a very tiny hole Into the window-frame. Thus did the hungry pussy-cat Upon Thanksgiving Day Lose a gloriously fine feed By musing time away.