Kitten's Garden of Verses — The Moon, The Golden Cat, An Inquiry

[Illustration] The Moon The Moon is like a big round cheese That shines above the garden trees, And like a cheese grows less each night, As though some one had had a bite.

The Mouse delights to nibble cheese, The Dog bites anything he sees-- But how could they bite off the Moon Unless they went in a balloon?

And Human People, when they eat They think it rude to bite their meat, They use a Knife or Fork or Spoon;

Who is it then that bites the moon?

[Illustration] The Golden Cat Great is the Golden Cat who treads The Blue Roof Garden o'er our heads, The never tired smiling One That Human People call the Sun.

He stretches forth his paw at dawn And though the blinds are closely drawn His claws peep through like Rays of Light, To catch the fluttering Bird of Night.

He smiles into the Hayloft dim And the brown Hay smiles back at him, And when he strokes the Earth's green fur He makes the Fields and Meadows purr.

His face is one big Golden smile, It measures round, at least a mile-- How dull our World would be, and flat, Without the Golden Pussy Cat.

[Illustration] An Inquiry A Birdie cocked his little head, Winked his eye at me and said, "Say, are you a Pussy Willer, Or just a Kitty-Catty pillar?"

[Illustration] A Kitten's Fancy