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James Whitcomb Riley - Find The FavoriteJames Whitcomb Riley - Find The Favorite
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Our three cats is Maltese cats,     An` they`s two that`s white,--   An` bofe of `em`s _deef_--an` that`s     `Cause their _eyes_ ain`t right.--   Uncle say that _Huxley_ say     Eyes of _white_ Maltese--   When they don`t match thataway--     They`re deef as you please!   _Girls, they_ like our white cats best,     `Cause they`re white as snow,   Yes, an` look the stylishest--     But they`re deef, you know!   They don`t know their names, an` don`t     Hear us when we call   "Come in, Nick an` Finn!"--they won`t     Come fer us at all!   But our _other_ cat, _he_ knows     Mister Nick an` Finn,--   Mowg`s _his_ name,--an` when _he_ goes     Fer `em, they come in!   Mowgli`s _all_ his name--the same     Me an` Muvver took   Like the Wolf-Child`s _other_ name,     In "The Jungul Book."   I bet Mowg`s the smartest cat     In the world!--_He`s_ not   _White_, but mousy-plush, with that     Smoky gloss he`s got!   All`s got little bells to ring,     Round their neck; but none   Only Mowg _knows_ anything--     He`s the only one!   I ist `spect sometimes he hate     White cats` stupid ways:--   He won`t hardly `sociate     With `em, lots o` days!   Mowg wants in where _we_ air,--well,     He`ll ist take his paw   An` ist ring an` ring his bell     There till me er Ma   Er _some_body lets him in     Nen an` shuts the door.--   An`, when he wants out ag`in,     Nen he`ll ring some more.   Ort to hear our Katy tell!     She sleeps `way up-stairs;   An` last night she hear Mowg`s bell     Ringin` round _some_wheres...   Trees grows by her winder.--So,     She lean out an` see   Mowg up there, `way out, you know,     In the clingstone-tree;--   An`-sir! he ist _hint_ an` _ring_,--     Till she ketch an` plat   Them limbs;--nen he crawl an` spring     In where Katy`s at!
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