"You know, he was always like a fish out of water around her...poor Lumpers, never mind, I says, plenty more fish in the sea, plenty more."

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The Owl and the Pussycat

Cat by Ilaria, age 5

Owl by Marina, age 7


The Owl and the Pussycat


I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!'


II
Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.


III
'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

poem by Edward Lear





6 comments:

~Jaime said...

I almost can't wait until Christmas to give these to my girls! Fantastic work! I just adore them!

Stella said...

Have you seen this cool footage of
owl and cat playing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqmba7npY8g

Wendy T. said...

that was very cool to watch. thanks, Stella.

Gallanae said...

You are amazing.. I looked all the pics and your works, all looks exactly the same. You are so talented. I can't wait to give order.. I adore most of your works and your creativity.

Mytutorlist.com said...

I love how you made the fabric change colour on the left eye for the owl to match the drawing. That's attention to detail!

Lia said...

you are so very talented :) I love all of your dolls :)...specially this cute owl :)