The Dog Kindergarten

Midget and Fidget, and Dumpy and Dan, 
Were four little four-legged budgets of fun: 
They had a red house at the foot of the lawn 
Where they slept together from dark to dawn; 
From dawn to dark they romped and ran, 
Wrestled and tumbled till school began; 
Then Floss, their mother, set all in a row, 
To teach them the things that other dogs know, 
And cuffed their ears if they spoke too low! 
"First lesson in Bark! Attend now, hark: 
Bow-wow!  so,speak it up loud as I!"
 "Yip, yap, yap, yip, boog-bao, ki yi!" 
"Yip-yip!'' said Midget; " Yap-yap!" said Fidget; 

“Boog-boo!" said Dumpy; "Ki-ki!" said Dan. 
To the pupils this was lively fun; 
And the second lesson was just begun 
When they saw a pussy-cat out by the well; 
Heels over head they went, pell-mell, 
And the school broke up with a four-pup yell! 

"There are some things," Mother Flossie thought, 
"That little dogs know without being taught!" 
But pussy was rather too spry to be caught.