Mammals The Cat 
“The Slum Cat,’’ ANIMAL HERoEs, Thompson-Seton. 
“The Kitten at School,” THe Wit or THe WiLp, Ernest 
Ingersoll. 
‘Cat Storigs, Lion, TIGER AND PANTHER STORIES, retold from 
St, Nicholas, 
THE KITTEN AND THE FALLING LEAVES 
See the kitten on the wall, 
Sporting with the leaves that fall, 
Withered leaves, one, two and three 
Falling from the elder tree, 
Through the calm and frosty air 
Of the morning bright and fair. 
See the kitten, how she starts, 
Crouches, stretches, paws and darts; 
With a tiger-leap half way 
Now she meets her coming prey. 
Lets it go as fast and then 
Has it in her power again. 
How she works with three or four, 
Like an Indian conjurer; 
Quick as he in feats of art, 
Gracefully she plays her part; 
Yet were gazing thousands there, 
What would little Tabby care? 
William Wordsworth. 
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