"Come on, tell me more, show me too,
what are grandpa and his granny up to,
in their pretty little house on Walnut Street?
And what about the black cat and her kittens sweet?"
"I think grandpa's upset."
"You think so? Why would that be?"
"He keeps shouting: 'Kitties! Kitties!' with his eyes up high.
And, would you believe the sight, the baby kittens..."
"How many are there?"
"I think there are four and they're all perched up high."
"Perched? My goodness, I must see too.
Come on, Alina, give me the spyglass, this won't do!
What if grandpa scolds them? What if they fall on their head?
What if they don't know how to come down? Oh, what then?" I said.
"I see a white kitten, like a little snowball, white,
holding on with her claws... to the curtain, tight.
Oh my, she's barely holding on and any second now, she'll fall!"
"If she's white, that's Simina, a curious little doll."
"She fell! But... she's very lucky, you see...
as if by magic, grandpa caught her in his arms and she didn't get hurt at all."
"He's a kind old man. What luck! But there are three more kittens..."
"Three, you said? One, like a little tiger, I think is cleaning his fur...
right on top of the TV!"
"The tiger kitten is Kitt."
"He holds his tail bent, like a question mark you see,
and with his rough little tongue he's busy getting pretty.
If you want a good kitten, Kitt's the one, that's true...
Leave the tiger! Where are the other kittens? By our count, there should be two."
"Two there are... both of them, round and plump,
they've climbed on a cupboard, right up near the top.
They're black as tar and now they meow without stop."
"Poor little things!"
"Look, here comes granny! With a ladder... she picks them off like from a pot."
"Oh those tar-black kittens!... The black kittens are Pip and Nod,
good thing they got down
"Oh those tar-black kittens!... The black kittens are Pip and Nod,
good thing they got down safe, thank God.
And if our grandparents don't send them to the attic,
to hunt for little mice,
it means they're loved, spoiled, like princes—nice."
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