# Kitty and Mousie

- Source: McGuffey's Second Reader (second-reader.gutenberg.org), Public domain, William Holmes McGuffey, 1879, via Project Gutenberg
- Reading level: Grades 1 and 2
- Subjects: Poems, Animals
- Topics: little, kitty, mousie, long, time, barn
- Length: 118 words, about 1 min
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KITTY AND MOUSIE.

- Once there was a little kitty,  
  White as the snow;  
  In a barn he used to frolic,  
  Long time ago.
- In the barn a little mousie  
  Ran to and fro;  
  For she heard the little kitty,  
  Long time ago.
- Two black eyes had little kitty,  
  Black as a crow;  
  And they spied the little mousie,  
  Long time ago.
- Four soft paws had little kitty,  
  Paws soft as snow;  
  And they caught the little mousie,  
  Long time ago.
- Nine pearl teeth had little kitty,  
  All in a row;  
  And they bit the little mousie,  
  Long time ago.
- When the teeth bit little mousie,  
  Mousie cried out "Oh!"  
  But she slipped away from kitty,  
  Long time ago.

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## Picture credits

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