Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 848
Sure, it was a wonderful thing; A wild shout made the welkin ring— To think that a Cat should beat a King ! The Lobster caught the tail in his claw, The audience shouted a grave guffaw, And the Cat struck out with a Mew-i-aw.: The Cat bowed low to the stately Queen,The Goose and the Donkey of… … But then she rose with a pompous air,And tossed her head and tail in the air,And challenged the fleetest runner there.
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