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THE CAT<br />
Auld Bawthren grey, she kitten'd me here,<br />
An* wha was my sire I didna spier;<br />
Bri<strong>the</strong>rs an' sisters smoor'd i' <strong>the</strong> weir,<br />
Left me alane to my mi<strong>the</strong>r dear.<br />
As I grew a <strong>cat</strong> wi' look sae douce,<br />
She taught me to <strong>cat</strong>ch <strong>the</strong> pilf'rin mouse<br />
Wi' <strong>the</strong> thievish rottons I had nae truce,<br />
But banished <strong>the</strong>m a' frae <strong>the</strong> maister's house.<br />
Mi<strong>the</strong>r got fushionless, auld, an' blin,<br />
The bluid in her veins was cauld an* thin,<br />
Her claws were blunt, an' she couldna rin,<br />
An' t* her forbears was sune ga<strong>the</strong>red in.<br />
Now I sit hurklin' aye in <strong>the</strong> ase,<br />
The queen I am o' that cozy place;<br />
As wi' ilka paw I dicht my face,<br />
I sing an* purr wi* mickle grace,<br />
Three threeds an* a thrum,<br />
Three threeds an* a thrum.<br />
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Anonymous.