"'How did you get that scratch like mine--
 Have you a pussy cat ?
Did you pull her tail? I did Oo-oo!
 But you need n't cry for that.

 "Do you knock over the little stand
 And laugh to see how it goes ?
 Can you pull off your stockings and shoes
 And find some dear little toes?

"I took three little steps alone I
 Can you go as far as that ?
Have you a papa? What does he say
 When you sit on his shiny hat ?

 "Does ever your mamma snatch you up,
 And kiss you, and kiss, and kiss,
 And say, There's nothing in all the world
 So bonny and sweet as this'

"I'< wish you'd come here and play with me;
 I can't hold on any more -
I wonder if he went down so hard,
 When he sat back on the floor."
 SYDNEY DAYRE