1. "Where are you, kitty?
Where are you?--say.
I've scarcely seen you
At all to-day.
2. "You're not in mischief,
I hope, my dear;
Ah! now I have found you.
How came you here?
3. "That's mother's knitting,
You naughty kit;
Oh! such a tangle
You've made of it.
4. "'Twas =that= which kept you
So very still;
Mamma will scold you,
I know she will."
5. Then puss comes to me,
And rubs her fur
Against my fingers,
And says "purr, purr".
6. I know she means it
To say, "Don't scold,"
So close in my arms
My puss I hold.
7. And then I tell her,
My little pet,
That mother's knitting
She must not get.
8. The wool will never
Be wound, I fear;
But mother forgives
My kitty dear.
I do not suppose that pussy would =know= she was doing anything naughty
in tangling the wool, but a =child= would know, of course, that wool
must be kept straight and tidy if it is to be of use.