3 FEBRUARY 1923, Page 16

CAT: 0 WISE, wise cat—too wise in fact, Who many

times small birds have tracked, And, having tracked, have caught and ate, What means your slinking in at eight O'clock, 0 wise, wise cat, too wise ?- You know that there's milk for you now : That's why you come and make your bow Each evening. Tell me, cat, I pray, What do you all the live-long day ? Ah, you're too wise to tell me that, For you might get no milk, wise cat !

. J. R. B. (aged 16).