Children's Corner; Poetry

A Thanksgiving Fable

Thanksgiving Mouse, It was a hungry pussy cat, 

upon Thanksgiving morn,

And she watched a thankful little mouse, 

that ate an ear of corn.

"If I ate that thankful little mouse, 

how thankful he should be,

When he has made a meal himself, 

to make a meal for me!

"Then with his thanks for having fed, 

and his thanks for feeding me,

With all his thankfulness inside, 

how thankful I shall be!"

Thus mused the hungry pussy cat, 

upon Thanksgiving Day;

But the little mouse had overheard

and declined (with thanks) to stay.

by Oliver Herford