Read "The Rocket Book" by Peter Newell online for free on Textopian. Full text with search, annotations, highlights, and AI-powered reading aids.
The family dog, with frenzied mien, / Was chasing Fluff, the mouser, / When, poof! the rocket flashed between, / And quite astonished Towzer.
Now, if this dog had wit enough / The English tongue to torture, / He might have growled such silly stuff / As, "Whew! that cat's a scorcher!"