And her soft fur pat, pat, pat--
She is on the mat, mat, mat.

Out on the old rug, rug, rug,
Is my pet dog Pug, Pug, Pug--
Give him a good hug, hug, hug.

If you stub your toe, toe, toe,
When to him you go, go, go,
You will come to woe, woe, woe.

It will hurt you so, so, so,
You will cry: "Oh oh! oh oh!
Is my toe off?" "No, no, no;

"For I see it yet, yet, yet;
Here it is, my pet, pet, pet;
But your face is wet, wet, wet.

"O my dear! don't cry, cry, cry;
Kiss me now, and try, try, try
To be good as pie, pie, pie.

"I will wipe your eye, eye, eye,
Make it nice and dry, dry, dry,
Just like the blue sky, sky, sky.

"Do not look so shy, shy, shy,
As your hat I tie, tie, tie;
O dear me! oh! why, why, why

"Must you go? O my! my! I
Want you till I die, die, die.
Mam-ma, let me buy, buy, buy

"My dear pet." "O fie! fie! fie!
How you talk! Can I, I, I
Give her up, and hie, hie, hie

"To my home, to sigh, sigh, sigh,
With no dear pet nigh, nigh, nigh,
In my arms to lie, lie, lie?

"No; come, pet, be spry, spry, spry;
Give a jump up high, high, high;
Kiss, and say, Good-by, by, by."

[Footnote A: Some of the words in rhyme have four letters.]

THE

OLD GRAY RAT AND HIS WIFE,

AND HIS NINE BOY-RATS.

Once on a time an old gray rat did live in a hole in the wall, with
his wife and his nine wee rats, all boys. It was a hole by the side
of the fire; and as snug and nice and warm as you like.

You may be sure that the pa-pa and mam-ma rats got the wee ones lots
to eat, for they were all so fat, and full of fun and play.

But one sad day, all the bits of pie and cake were gone. Not as much
as a bit the size of a pin's head was left in the hole.

So the wee rats all got in a row, and held up two paws each, and in a
sad tone did cry: "O pa-pa! O mam-ma!

"We want some cake,
We want some tea,
We want some pie,
Eee! eee! eee! eee!"

Then a tear came out of each eye, and ran down each nose, and made the
hole as damp as a bath-tub.

"O my poor dear boys!" said the old rat, "do stop! You will make me
cry too;" and he put his paw to his eye. "I will go and see what I can
get