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It was a hungry pussy cat / Upon Thanksgiving morn, / And she watched a thankful little mouse / That ate an ear of corn.
"If I ate that thankful little mouse, / How thankful he should be, / When he has made a meal himself, / To make a meal for me!
"Then, with his thanks for having fed / And his thanks for feeding me -- / With all _his_ thankfulness inside -- / How thankful _I_ shall be!"
Thus mused the hungry pussy cat / Upon Thanksgiving Day.
But the little mouse had overheard, / And declined (with thanks) to stay.