Pocket book 11

 The most studious kitten from the grandparents' place,  

curled up in the rocking chair, is wearing glasses today.  

—Come on, now you make me laugh, I really must see  

such a wonder — who can this scholar be?  

—It’s Kitt, as you see, Alina, no ordinary cat,  

and a newspaper is the reason for that;  

so this little tiger, with glasses on his nose,  

will read to the very last word, I suppose,  

and read, and keep reading, then go on to tell  

all the other dwellers in the grandparents’ dell  

how well-informed he is, how much he has learned,  

studying in the rocking chair, the rustling paper he’s turned.