A Serious Question
Reading edition
A kitten went a-walking One morning in July, And idly fell a-talking With a great big butterfly.
The kitten’s tone was airy, The butterfly would scoff; When there came along a fairy Who whisked his wings right off.
And then—for it is written Fairies can do such things— Upon the startled kitten She stuck the yellow wings.
The kitten felt a quiver, She rose into the air, Then flew down to the river To view her image there.
With fear her heart was smitten, And she began to cry, “Am I a butter-kitten? Or just a kitten-fly?”