Nature

A Mouse, A Cat, and an Irish Bull

by John Banister Tabb 1845–1909

From Child Verse (1900)

Nature

A little mouse nibbled a Limburger cheese,
And back to his bedchamber stole,
Whence never again was he destined to squeeze,
For the smell was too large for the hole.

And a Pussy Cat, passing, instinctively stood;
For her appetite urged her to try it;
But she answered her stomach that grumbled for food,
"I should die if I lived on such diet."

MLA

Tabb, John Banister. “A Mouse, A Cat, and an Irish Bull.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/56/.

Chicago

Tabb, John Banister. “A Mouse, A Cat, and an Irish Bull.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/56/.

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