I met a tearful little lass;
She sobbed so hard I could not pass,
I wondered so thereat;
"Oh, dry your tears, my pretty child,
Pray tell me why you grieve so wild."
"A--mouse--ate--up--my--cat!"
[Illustration: {A MOUSE LOOKS AT A CANDY CAT.}]
[Illustration: {A MOUSE EATING A CANDY CAT.}]
"A mouse ate up your cat!" I cried,
To think she'd fib quite horrified;
"Why, how can you say that?"
Her tears afresh began to run,
She sobbed the words out, one by one:
"It--was--a--candy--cat!"