Pussy Sits Beside The Fire
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"Pussy sits beside the fire
How can she be fair?
Then comes in the little dog.
"Pussy, are you there?
So so, dear Mistress Pussy,
Pray tell me how you do?"
"Indeed, I thank you little dog,
I'm very well just now."
"Fy, pussy, what a lazy cat,
On such a pleasant day
To sit and drowse besi
And sleep the hours away!
A self-respecting dog would think
Himself a sorry cur,
If he did nothing all day long
But fold his arms and purr!"
"Now, sir, you needn't criticize
Because I sit and blink,
For while my eyes are shut, like this,
I think, and think, and think.
And when I purr, please understand
I work with all my might,
A-humming over songs I sing
When I go out at night.
"Excuse me. Now I'll close my eyes,
And think a little more.
On busy days like this, I show
My visitors the door.
'T is only little dogs who judge
That one must idle be,
Unless one's chasing round and round
Or barking up a tree."
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