PUNKY DUNK
AND
THE GOLD FISH
THIS LITTLE STORY IS TOLD
AND THE LITTLE PICTURES
WERE DRAWN FOR A GOOD
LITTLE CHILD NAMED
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Published in the Shop of
P.F.VOLLAND & CO.
CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT, 1912,
P. F. VOLLAND & CO.,
CHICAGO, U. S. A.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Punky Dunk, so fat, was a black and white cat
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Of exceedingly tender years.
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He had black on his nose and the tips of his toes,
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On the end of his tail and his ears.
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He cast his lot in a very soft spot
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For his bed was a box full of straw,
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And he slept all night with his eyes shut tight
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And his little black nose on his paw.
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Punky Dunk would peep, though he seemed asleep,
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At the bird in its cage of brass,
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And his tail he swayed when the gold fish played
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In their clear little bowl of glass.
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"Though my coat's like silk from my drinking milk,"
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He would say, "I often wish
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I might change my food——as I think I should——
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To a meal on a nice plump fish."
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So he winked his eye and he heaved a sigh,
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And he said: "I really think
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That it would be grand to jump on that stand
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And see how the fishes drink."
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The fish globe round he reached with a bound
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And stood with his paws on the rim
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Looking in with an air that was certain to scare
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The fish as they looked at him.
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His cunning head bent and his little nose went
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Right down, while his tongue flashed red——
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When, O, what a sight! The fish in their fright
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Splashed water all over his head.
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And Punky Dunk howled and Punky Dunk yowled
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And Punky Dunk fell to the floor,
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And he bristled and spat like a terrified cat
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As he fled through the dining room door.
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In the big glass bowl, when the waves ceased to roll
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All the little gold fish were so glad
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That each wiggled his fins as he said through his grins:
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"That's the most fun we ever have had."
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Now Punky Dunk lies on the floor and he sighs:
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"It is best for a cat to be good,
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For I cannot forget how I got my coat wet
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When I didn't do just as I should."
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