Poem by Oliver Herford

Education

When People think that Kittens play,
It’s really quite the other way.
For when they chase the Ball or Bobbin
They learn to catch a Mouse or Robin.
The Kitten, deaf to Duty’s call,
Who will not chase the bounding ball,
A hungry Cathood will enjoy,
The scorn of Mouse and Bird and Boy.

1. The Shadow Kitten
2. Facilis Ascensus
3. Kitten’s Night Thought
4. A Kitten’s Fancy
5. The Whole Duty of Kittens

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