<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Vollkorn; font-size: 42px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">The Owl and the Pussycat</span><div dir="ltr"><div><div>by Edward Lear</div><div><br></div><div>The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea</div><div>In a beautiful pea-green boat,</div><div>They took some honey, and plenty of money,</div><div>Wrapped up in a five-pound note.</div><div>The Owl looked up to the stars above,</div><div>And sang to a small guitar,</div><div>‘O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,</div><div>What a beautiful Pussy you are,</div><div>You are,</div><div>You are!</div><div>What a beautiful Pussy you are!’</div><div><br></div><div>Pussy said to the Owl, ‘You elegant fowl!</div><div>How charmingly sweet you sing!</div><div>O let us be married! too long we have tarried:</div><div>But what shall we do for a ring?’</div><div>They sailed away, for a year and a day,</div><div>To the land where the Bong-Tree grows</div><div>And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood</div><div>With a ring at the end of his nose,</div><div>His nose,</div><div>His nose,</div><div>With a ring at the end of his nose.</div><div><br></div><div>“Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling</div><div>Your ring?’ Said the Piggy, ‘I will.’</div><div>So they took it away, and were married next day</div><div>By the Turkey who lives on the hill.</div><div>They dined on mince, and slices of quince,</div><div>Which they ate with a runcible spoon;</div><div>And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,</div><div>They danced by the light of the moon,</div><div>The moon,</div><div>The moon,</div><div>They danced by the light of the moon.</div></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>