Something Afoot

GRANDMA'S GOULASH

http://grandmas-goulash.info

asks us to write a midget story using her illustration

SOMETHING AFOOT!

Here is a very young cook

Who is writing a cookery book.

It is called Use Your Feet

So out in the street

He's flattening pastry! Just look!

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FEATHERS AND FUR!

(A poem for children.)

There once was a cat, and a very fine cat,

Who went out on a spending spree.

He bought nothing but the best,

A hat, a vest,

And boots reaching to the knee.

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He bought a tie, a very fine tie,

And he said 'Well, all together

I positively shine

In these clothes of mine

But the best thing is my feather'.

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For sure the feather was a very fine feather

And he wore it in his hat.

And he posed and bowed

Feeling very, very proud

Thinking he was the smartest cat.

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He put on a show, a very fine show,

As off to the palace he went.

'I'll show the lot

What good taste I've got!

And how much money I've spent!'

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But the guard at the gate (a very fine gate)

Just wasn't impressed a bit.

'The gate's not wide

From side to side

With that feather, you won't fit!'

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So that poor silly cat, that very silly cat,

Had to throw his feather away!

And in a mood

Which was very subdued

He learned a lesson that day!

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