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StoryTitle("caps", "The Cat and the Mouse") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(11, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Once there was a cat and a mouse.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They lived in the same house.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The cat bit the mouse's tail off.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Pray, puss,\" said the mouse,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"give me my long tail again.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"No, \" said the cat,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"I will not give you your tail", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "till you bring me some milk.\"", "") ?>
PagePoem(12, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "First she leaped,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "And then she ran,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Till she came to the cow,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L6", "", "And thus she began:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Pray, cow, give me some milk for the cat.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then she will give me my long tail again.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"No,\" said the cow,", "") ?> PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"I will give you no milk", "") ?> PoemLine("L4", "", "till you bring me some hay.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "First she leaped,", "") ?> PoemLine("L6", "", "And then she ran,", "") ?> PoemLine("L4", "", "Till she came to the farmer,", "") ?> PoemLine("L6", "", "And thus she began:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Pray, farmer, give me some hay", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "for the cow.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then she will give me some milk", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "for the cat,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And then the cat will give me", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "my long tail again.\"", "") ?>
PagePoem(13, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"No,\" said the farmer,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"I will give you no hay", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "till you bring me some meat.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "First she leaped,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L6", "", "And then she ran,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Till she came to the butcher,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L6", "", "And thus she began:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Pray, butcher, give me some meat", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "for the farmer.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then he will give me some hay", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "for the cow,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The cow will give me some milk", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "for the cat,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And then the cat will give me", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "my long tail again.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"No,\" said the butcher,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"I will give you no meat", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "till you bring me some bread.\"", "") ?>
PagePoem(14, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "First she leaped,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L6", "", "And then she ran,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Till she came to the baker,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L6", "", "And thus she began:", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
DisplayImage("text", "zpage014", "
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PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Pray, baker, give me some bread", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "for the butcher.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then he will give me some meat", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "for the farmer,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The farmer will give me some hay", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "for the cow,", "") ?>
PagePoem(15, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The cow will give me some milk", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "for the cat,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And then the cat will give me", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "my long tail again.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Yes,\" said the baker,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"I will give you some bread.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "But if you eat my flour,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "I will cut off your head.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The baker gave the mouse some bread,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and she took it to the butcher.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The butcher gave the mouse some meat,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and she took it to the farmer.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The farmer gave the mouse some hay,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and she took it to the cow.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The cow gave the mouse some milk,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and she took it to the cat.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And then the cat gave the mouse", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "her long tail again.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", "— English Folk Tale") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>