"
"What else may she have, mamma?"
"Corn bread and graham biscuits will be good for her, and perhaps she
will like them crisp and dry better than if they are soaked. You can
raise some catnip next summer. Kitty will like that dried quite as well
as the green herb. It may be kept for a special treat or for medicine,
although a cat that can find plenty of grass rarely needs medicine. In
the winter you can have some grass growing in a pot or box of earth."
"How much better she looks already!" said Philip, watching the sleeping
pussy. "I think she will be a beauty. When she is a fine, large cat I
shall ask papa to take her picture."
CAT QUESTIONS.
Dozing, and dozing, and dozing!
Pleasant enough,
Dreaming of sweet cream and mouse meat,--
Delicate stuff!
Waked by a somerset, whirling
From cushion to floor;
Waked to a wild rush for safety
From window to door.
Waking to hands that first smooth us,
And then pull our tails;
Punished with slaps when we show them
The length of our nails!
These big mortal tyrants even grudge us
A place on the mat.
Do they think we enjoy for our music
Staccatoes of "scat"?
To be treated, now, just as you treat us,--
The question is pat,--
To take just our chances in living,
Would YOU be a cat?
LUCY LARCOM.
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