How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and other wood-cuts/The Puss; The Octopus

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How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and other wood-cuts (1917)
by Robert Williams Wood

The Puss; The Octopus

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4358855How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and other wood-cuts — The Puss; The Octopus1917Robert Williams Wood

The Octopus or Cuttle-fish!
I'm sure that none of us would wish
To have him scuttle 'round the house,
Like Puss, when she espies a mouse:
When you secure your house-hold pet,
Be very sure you do not get
The Octopus, or there may be
Domestic in-felis-ity.