The Pussycat Princess

This pussycat is out to have some adventurous fun in this enjoyable fairy tale for boys, girls and parents.

By : Edward Anthony (1895 - 1971)

00 - Preface 01 - Chapter I 02 - Chapter II 03 - Chapter III 04 - Chapter IV 05 - Chapter V 06 - Chapter VI 07 - Chapter VII 08 - Chapter VIII 09 - Chapter IX 10 - Chapter X 11 - Chapter XI 12 - Chapter XII 13 - Chapter XIII 14 - Chapter XIV 15 - Chapter XV 16 - Chapter XVI 17 - Chapter XVII 18 - Chapter XVIII 19 - Chapter XIX 20 - Chapter XX 21 - Chapter XXI

To The Memory Of My Mother 

—and A Rare Sense Of Humor 

Song Of The Coming Of Cats And Dogs 

(In which a little girl wonders how they came to be.) 

“Oh, how came dogs and cats to be?” 

I said to dad; “it puzzles me.” 

And daddy smiled and said, “Miss Dimple, 

The thing you ask is very simple. 

I ’ll tell it to you for a kiss,” 

And, when I ’d kissed him, told me this : 

“A-many years ago , my dear , 

Upon an evening wild 

’T was raining cats and dogs , I hear , 

And that explains it, child.” 

That sounded very strange to me, 

It seemed a fairy tale, you see, 

And so I thought, “I ’ll ask my mother; 

She ’ll tell me — or perhaps big brother.” 

And when I asked her, mother said, 

Of course, I ’ll tell you, Curlyhead : 

“Now, this is how they came to he — 

Upon a distant hill, C! 

The dog grows on the dogwood-tree 

And the cat on the pussywillow !” 

And brother’s tale is different too, 

And so is that of Sister Sue. 

How queer that they should differ so! 

I do not think I ’ll ever know.