ESSAY ON THE CAT.
The cat, a well-known quadruped, Is built upon the square, And at each corner there s a leg, As most iolks are aware ; And if you stroke it on the back, Its tail sticks iv the air, And forms a perpendicular, To keej) your hand just there. And though the cat is fond of mice, it loves to raise a squall, And spends a lot of precious time in singing on the wail; And men 01 science liet mc name The late Sir Robert Hall), State that if cats weren't music-mad, Xhere'd be no mice at all. And it's nine-lived, if we believe What Latin poets say ; And there's a reason why the cat Has lives to give away ; And in the lioman age, no doubt, llave needed nine it may, liut now, say, sis, would uo, because We're civilised to-day. —UKL'CL' TOWNLKW
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 11 July 1925, Page 26
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147ESSAY ON THE CAT. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 11 July 1925, Page 26
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