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The Cat and the Mouse


The cat and the mouse
Play'd in the malt-house:


THE cat bit the mouse's tail off. "Pray, puss, give me my tail." "No," says the cat, "I'll not give you your tail, till you go to the cow, and fetch me some milk."


First she leapt, and then she ran,
Till she came to the cow, and thus began:


"Pray, Cow give me milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." "No," said the cow, "I will give you no milk, till you go to the farmer, and get me some hay."


First she leapt, and then she ran.
Till she came to the farmer, and thus began:


"Pray, Farmer, give me hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." "No,"