Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 224
Of course this wizard had a cat; of course the cat was black:And sparks flew forth when back and forth one rubbed this black cats back.The wizard called him Henry (another awkward rhyme!),And his paws were all so double he took two steps at a time.764 THE COUNTESS CONCERTINA 765 … A/i|iti<Wb One day, the wizard being out and everything quite stillHenry, feeling rather silly, leaped up on the window-sillBut, owing to his double paws, he could not pause at all,So his unseasonable spring led to an early fall.
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