Pussy-Cat Sits by the Fire
Pussy-Cat sits by the fire;
How can she be fair?
In walks the little dog;
Says: "Pussy, are you there?
How do you do, Mistress Pussy?
Mistress Pussy, how d'ye do?"
"I thank you kindly, little dog,
I fare as well as you!"
Photos & Illustrations
Here are illustrations of this rhyme by Beatrix Potter from Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (1922)
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The illustration at the top of the page is from Mother Goose, The Original Volland Edition (1915), edited and arranged by Eulalie Osgood Grover and illustrated by Frederick Richardson (with some graphical editing by Mama Lisa). This rhyme can be found in The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright.
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