DLTK's Crafts for Kids
The Funny Kittens
by Carolyn Wells
Once there were some silly kittens,
And they
knitted woolly mittens
To bestow upon the freezing
Hottentots.
But the Hottentots refused them,
Saying that they never
used them
Unless crocheted of red with yellow spots.
So the silly little kittens
Took their blue and white striped
mittens
To a Bear who lived within a hollow tree;
The
Bear responded sadly,
"I would wear your mittens gladly,
But I fear they are too gay for such as me."
Then the kittens,
almost weeping,
Came to where a Cow lay sleeping,
And
they woke her with this piteous request,
"Won't you wear our mittens
furry?"
Said the Cow, "My dears, don't worry;
I will
put them on as soon as I am dressed."
Then the Cow put on her
bonnet
With a wreath of roses on it,
And a beautiful
mantilla fringed with white;
And she donned the pretty mittens,
While the silly little kittens
Clapped their paws in
admiration at the sight. |
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