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Title: Punky Dunk and the Gold Fish

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: October 13, 2006 [EBook #19537]

Language: English

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PUNKY DUNK
AND
THE GOLD FISH

THIS LITTLE STORY IS TOLD
AND THE LITTLE PICTURES
WERE DRAWN FOR A GOOD
LITTLE CHILD NAMED

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Published in the Shop of
P.F. VOLLAND & CO.
CHICAGO

COPYRIGHT, 1912,
P. F. VOLLAND & CO.,
CHICAGO, U. S. A.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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Punky Dunk, so fat, was a black and white cat
Of exceedingly tender years.
He had black on his nose and the tips of his toes,
On the end of his tail and his ears.

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He cast his lot in a very soft spot
For his bed was a box full of straw,
And he slept all night with his eyes shut tight
And his little black nose on his paw.

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Punky Dunk would peep, though he seemed asleep,
At the bird in its cage of brass,
And his tail he swayed when the gold fish played
In their clear little bowl of glass.

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"Though my coat's like silk from my drinking milk,"
He would say, "I often wish
I might change my food----as I think I should----
To a meal on a nice plump fish."

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So he winked his eye and he heaved a sigh,
And he said: "I really think
That it would be grand to jump on that stand
And see how the fishes drink."

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The fish globe round he reached with a bound
And stood with his paws on the rim
Looking in with an air that was certain to scare
The fish as they looked at him.

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His cunning head bent and his little nose went
Right down, while his tongue flashed red----
When, O, what a sight! The fish in their fright
Splashed water all over his head.

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And Punky Dunk howled and Punky Dun