Miss Pussy’s Porridge.
Miss Pussy cat did sot like porridge, She never could eat It, she said: Rhe cried and she grumbled and wank A mouse tor her breakfast instead. No, no! said ber mother, the porridge Will make you grow fat and so strong. A mouse you shall have when you’ve finished. Now sobhle It up, don't be long. Bat spoonful by spoonful with patience, Kach one Is one less to the last; No duty Is better for waiting, Begin, and the worst will be past. Mias Pussy-cat ate up her porridge. It was not as bad as she thought, ▲nd now she will eat with a relish The mouse that her mother han caught.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue VIII, 23 August 1902, Page 503
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116Miss Pussy’s Porridge. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue VIII, 23 August 1902, Page 503
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