LESSON IX.
1. Now, Jessie, will you please tell us all that you have found out about your kitty’s eyes?
2. Yes! When I looked at my pussy’s eyes, in the bright sunshine, I saw that they are round and yellow, with a black streak in the middle running up and down.
3. The black spot in the middle of my eye is round, and I have read in a book that it is a hole to let in the light, and is called the “pupil.”
4. The black streak in pussy’s eye is the pupil, and it is almost shut up to keep out the bright light.
5. I looked into her eyes last night just before dark, and the pupil was large and round, as is shown in this picture.
6. When the pupil is opened so wide, morelight is let in, and pussy can see very well when it is so dark I can not see anything.
7. In this way, with her big eyes open, she sees and catches rats and mice that come out of their holes in the night to get something to eat.
8. My kitty loves to sleep in the day-time on the nice bed in her basket, or on the rug before the fire. In summer she likes to go out and get a nap on the grass in the shade of a tree.
9. In the night, when she can see so well, she goes out to hunt and to make visits. When visitors come to see her in the night, we often hear an awful squalling, which I suppose is a “cat’s concert.”
10. In cold, winter nights, kitty mews to be let in, and she then likes to curl up on my bed.
“Pussy-cat, pussy-cat! where have you been?”“I’ve been to London to see the Queen.”“Pussy-cat, pussy-cat! what saw you there?”“I saw a little mouse under the chair.”
“Pussy-cat, pussy-cat! where have you been?”“I’ve been to London to see the Queen.”“Pussy-cat, pussy-cat! what saw you there?”“I saw a little mouse under the chair.”
“Pussy-cat, pussy-cat! where have you been?”“I’ve been to London to see the Queen.”“Pussy-cat, pussy-cat! what saw you there?”“I saw a little mouse under the chair.”
“Pussy-cat, pussy-cat! where have you been?”
“I’ve been to London to see the Queen.”
“Pussy-cat, pussy-cat! what saw you there?”
“I saw a little mouse under the chair.”