It was a hungry pussycat, upon Thanksgiving morn,

And she watched a thankful little mouse,

that ate an ear of corn.

"If I ate that thankful little mouse, how thankful he should be,

When he has made a meal himself, to make a meal for me!

"Then with his thanks for having fed, and his thanks for feeding me,

With all his thankfulness inside, how thankful I shall be!"

Thus mussed the hungry pussy cat, upon Thanksgiving Day;

But the little mouse had  overheard and declined (with thanks) to stay.