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This is Cobweb the Cat.

This is Cobweb the Cat.

 Megan Has a Spoon Animal Crackers

Animal crackers and cocoa to drink,

Megan has a spoon,
that is the finest of suppers, I think.
Megan has a pot,
Megan has some cinnamon When I’m grown up and can have what I please,
and likes to bake a lot. I think I shall always insist upon these.

Megan has some apples, What do YOU choose when you’re offered a treat?
Megan has some dough, When Mother says, “What would you like best to eat?”
Megan puts them in a tin Is it waffles and syrup, or cinnamon toast?
and fixes them just so. It’s cocoa and animals that I love most!

Megan adds some sugar The kitchen’s the coziest place that I know;
and a little nutmeg too. the kettle is singing, the stove is aglow,
ThWishatisAn
does Megan
Co bw eb theallCa
bake t.
day? and there in the twilight, how jolly to see
apple pie for you! the cocoa and animals waiting for me.

—Renée LaTulippe —Christopher Morley

This is Cobweb the Cat.

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 The Ant Explorer
Once a little sugar ant made up his mind to roam—
to go away, far away, far away from home.
He had eaten all his breakfast, and he had his ma’s consent
to see what he should chance to see,
and here’s the way he went:
Up and down a fern plant, round and round a stone,
down a gloomy gully where he feared to be alone,
up a mighty mountain range, seven inches high,
through the fearful forest grass that nearly hid the sky,
out along a bracken bridge, bending in the moss,
till he reached a dreadful desert, feet and feet across.

’Twas a dry, deserted desert, and a trackless land to tread;

he wished that he was home again
and tucked up tight in bed.

His little legs were wobbly, his strength was nearly spent,
and so he turned around again,
and here’s the way he went:
Back away from desert lands, feet and feet across,
back along the bracken bridge bending in the moss,
through is Co
theisfearful
Th forest eb the
bwgrass shutting t. the sky,
Caout
up a mighty mountain range, seven inches high,
down a gloomy gully where he feared to be alone,
up and down a fern plant and round and round a stone.

A dreary ant, a weary ant, resolved no more to roam—

he staggered up the garden path and popped back home. This is Cobweb the Cat.
—C. J. Dennis

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 The Wind Little Boy Blue

The wind came a-whooping down Cranberry Hill Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
and stole an umbrella from Mother Medill. The sheep’s in the meadow,
It picked up a paper on Patterson’s Place the cow’s in the corn.
and carried it clean to the Rockaby Race.
And what was more shocking and awful than that, Where is the boy
it blew the new feather off grandmother’s hat. who looks after the sheep?
He’s under a haystack, fast asleep.
—Leroy F. Jackson
—traditional English rhyme

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 I Wanted a Harp

I wanted a harp with golden strings

and a dog without the fleas.
A sheep, a feast, three butterfly wings,
and a nose that doesn’t sneeze.

I wanted a house built into a hill

and a crate of exotic teas.
A fish, a pig, a porcupine q
quill,
t
and a goose that I could squeeze.
qt

I wanted a horse as brave as a knight

and a garden full of peas.
A kite, a bike, a bird in flight,
and a thousand cherry trees.

I wanted a hound dog raised by a king

and a simple life of ease.
But I never got a single thing—
perhaps I should have said please.

—Renée LaTulippe
This is Cobweb the Cat.

This is Cobweb the Cat.

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This is Cobweb the Cat.

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