A FRIENDSHIP DECLINED
Reading edition
Characters—Mary and a Kitten
(Mary wears a gray fur bonnet)
Mary. Pussy, aren’t you cold?
Pussy. Me-ow!
Mary. Pussy, aren’t you cold? Don’t look so sad. Come here to me, At home, I’ve kittens two— And I should like—indeed I should To make a friend of you.
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Pussy. Me-ow!
Mary. To make a friend of you.
Pussy. I thank you, Miss, for your kind words, And know they’re gently said; But truth to speak, I do not like That thing upon your head. For much it looks to me as though Your very furry hat, So soft and fine, might once have been A very furry cat. Me-ow! A very furry cat.
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