MOP, THE PET CAT.
Reading edition
I.
O Ned! the sun Is in the sky, And you in bed— O fie! O fie!
II.
Get up, get up, And go and run Out in the air, For it is fun.
III.
Sit in my lap, As you may do, So I can tie The bow for you.
IV.
Now get the cap, The new red top, And let us go To see old Mop,
V.
My old pet cat, Who has one eye— For one is out, Let me say why.
VI.
One day a dog, A bad old cur, Did fly at Mop, He bit her fur.
VII.
He bit her ear; How she did mew! And all her leg, He bit it too.
VIII.
He dug his paw Way in her eye, And put it out, And she did cry.
IX.
"Oh! mew, mew, mew! Fit! fit! ee! eeeee! My eye is out! I can not see!
X.
"And I may die; Say, can it be?" And up she got To mew to me.
XI.
Oh! I was mad, And I was sad, For my pet cat Was bit so bad.
XII.
But off I ran, And in a bag, Of old and new, I got a rag:
XIII.
And I did say: "Let me, I beg, Tie the old rag On the bad leg."
XIV.
My old pet cat So sad did lie, And I did say: "Oh! she may die!"
XV.
Her eye was out, And all the day Up in my lap My cat did lay.
XVI.
She had a nap, She had a sup, And, by and by, She did get up.
XVII.
And now her leg And fur are new, And she can run To me and you.
XVIII.
The bad old dog Did go a-way, And in a pit He hid all day.
XIX.
As out he ran, A man sat by— He had a gun— The dog did die!
XX.
For the big man Was sad for Mop, And so his gun Did go off—pop!
XXI.
And now my Mop All day can run, And get her nap Out in the sun;
XXII.
Or eat all day; And now you see She is as fat As fat can be.
XXIII.
We can let Mop Go to and fro, For the bad dog, Who bit her so,
"Her eye is out, But you can see She is as fat As fat can be."—P. 26.
XXIV.
Did get a pop; It was not fun, For he did die, By the pop gun.
XXV.
Now Mop and you And I can go To spy a rat, All in a row.
XXVI.
But by one eye Old Mop can spy A rat as far As you or I.