THE CAT’S EXPLANATION
You ask the reason, little friends, Why cats don't wash their faces, Before they eat, as children do, In all good Christian places. - Well, years ago, a famous cat. The pangs of hunger feeling, ■ Had chanced to catch a hue young mouse, Who said, as he. ceased squealing: All gentle folks their faces wash Before they think of eating!’ And, wishing to be thought well-bred, Puss heeded his entreating. But when ho raised his paw to wash, Chance for escape affording, The'sly young mouse then said good-bve, Without respect to wording. A feline council met that day, And passed, in solemn meeting, A law forbidding any cat To wash till after eating.
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New Zealand Tablet, 18 May 1911, Page 933
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115THE CAT’S EXPLANATION New Zealand Tablet, 18 May 1911, Page 933
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