# The White Kitten

- Source: McGuffey's First Reader (first-reader.gutenberg.org), Public domain, William Holmes McGuffey, 1879, via Project Gutenberg
- Reading level: Grades 1 and 2
- Subjects: Poems, Stories, Animals
- Topics: kitty, i've, white, come, play, saved
- Length: 66 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14640>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-first/first-35-the-white-kitten>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=mcguffey-first/first-35-the-white-kitten>

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fin'ished bon'net les'son saved white a way'

I've am work scam'per read'y gar'den

Kitty, my pretty, white kitty.  
Why do you scamper away?  
I've finished my work and my lesson  
And now I am ready for play.

Come, kitty, my own little kitty.  
I've saved you some milk come and see.  
Now drink while I put on my bonnet,  
And play in the garden with me.  
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