II Puss mounted the armchair, as grave as a judgeJohn muttered ridiculous, — Jacob cried fud^e.But Will, with a smile at this joke of the brutes,Said, Measure our friend for a stout pair of boots. 250 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY … The shoemaker, glad of a job, set to work,While he cried, with a scarcely perceptible jerkOf his head, where his patron laid one of his paAvs, — If yon please, my young- customer, draw in yonr claws. He stroked Pusss leg, and with pleasure Puss purred,Then turned to his master, who silently heard.…
Nursery rhymes
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