Kittens Garden of Verses 8 The Kitten's Fancy, In Darkest Africa, The Dog #poetry #publicdomain

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Section eight of A Kitten's Garden of Verses by Oliver Herford.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. A Kitten's Fancy.
The kitten mews outside the door, the cat bird in
the tree, the sea mew mews upon the shore, the
catfish in the sea. The emu with his feathers queer

(00:21):
is mewing in the zoo. Why is it that I
never hear a pussy willow mew? In darkest Africa at evening,
when the lamp is lit, the tired human people sit
and doze or turn with solemn looks the speckled pages
of their books. Then eyes a dangerous kitten prowl and

(00:45):
in the shadows softly growl and roam about the farthest
floor where kitten never trod before. And crouching in the
jungle damp, I watched the human hunter's camp ready to
spring with fearful roar as soon as eyes shall hear
them snore, And then with stealthy tread, I crawl into

(01:08):
the dark and trackless hall, where neath the hat trees,
shadows deep umbrellas fold their wings and sleep. A cuckoo calls,
and to their dens the people climb like frightened hens,
and I'm alone and no one cares in darkest Africa downstairs.

(01:30):
The dog. The dog is black or white or brown,
and sometimes spotted like a clown. He loves to make
a foolish noise, and human company enjoys. The human people
pat his head and teach him to pretend he's dead,
and beg and fetch and carry too, things that no

(01:51):
well bred cat will do. At human jokes, however, stale,
he jumps about and wags his tail, and human people
clap their hands and think he really understands. They say
good dog to him. To us, they say poor puss,
and make no fuss why dogs are good and cats

(02:14):
are poor. I fail to understand. I'm sure to someone
very good and just who has proved worthy of her trust.
A cat. A cat will sometimes condescend. The dog is
everybody's friend. End of Section eight