Poems (Jordan)/Lillie's Pussy

by Rebecca Queen Jordan

LILLIE'S PUSSY

I have dot a little pussy,
 An' she's all my own—to teep!
But she is so drefful fussy
 When we're playin' hide'n seek!
I will hide w-a-y in the tloset,
 An' will squeam, wight loud, "All out!"
An' when pussy hears me doesit,
 She begins to wun about.

She tan ony say "me-ow,"
 But I know des what her finks—
Her finks, "ah, I've found oo now,"
 An' den, away she slinks!
Den I has to do an' fin' her—
 On the 'tairway; in the hall,—
But I wis' her wouldn't tinder
 Always wun out, when I tall!

Seems to me I'm always "it,"—
 The one what has to shut her eyes;
An' I don't wike that one bit,
 For my pussy never tries
"All out!" like her ought to do,
 An' I always have to dess
'Bout the time her wants me to—
 That ain't wight, now, I mus' 'fess!

But den it's no fun to hunt her—
 I wis' 'at I tould teach her how!
Will her ever learn, I wonder,
 To say "all out!" an' not "me-ow!"'
She is such a funny kitty,
 Not to tell me where she be;—
An' I fink it's such a pity
 Pussies tannot play like we!