Little Dramas for Primary Grades

<h2 class='c008'>A FRIENDSHIP DECLINED</h2> <div class='nf-center-c1'> <div class='nf-center c002'> <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Mary</em> <em>and</em> <em>a Kitten</em></div> </div></div> <div class='nf-center-c1'> <div class='nf-center'> <div>(<em>Mary wears a gray fur bonnet</em>)</div> </div></div> <div class='dl_2'> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Mary.</em></span> Pussy, aren’t you cold?</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Pussy.</em></span> Me-ow!</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Mary.</em></span> Pussy, aren’t you cold?<br/>Don’t look so sad.<br/>Come here to me,<br/>At home, I’ve kittens two—<br/>And I should like—indeed I should<br/>To make a friend of you.</p> <span class="pagenum" id='Page_78'>78</span> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Pussy.</em></span> Me-ow!</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Mary.</em></span> To make a friend of you.</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Pussy.</em></span> I thank you, Miss, for your kind words,<br/>And know they’re gently said;<br/>But truth to speak,<br/>I do not like<br/>That thing upon your head.<br/>For much it looks to me as though<br/>Your very furry hat,<br/>So soft and fine, might once have been<br/>A very furry cat. Me-ow!<br/>A very furry cat.</p> </div> <span class="pagenum" id='Page_79'>79</span> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />