<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359389" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Animals Can Count</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">PART ONE - DIAMOND AND HER KITTENS</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She was a proud mother <br>Of four little kitties, <br>She told us thereafter<br>Of her maternal bliss.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two days later, two died, <br>She looked and was frantic-<br>She thought we tried to hide<br>Her newborns in the attic.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her mournful mother's cry<br>Kept gnawing through the night<br>To her we tried to lie-<br>Only two saw the light.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, cats know how to count<br>So we had to explain, <br>Whatever one discounts-<br>Mothers cats know the pain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">PART TWO - MACKIE AND KUTCH</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>So if cats can count, <br>Well the dogs can too.<br>In our home there are two <br>Who guard who goes through.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They know who is still out<br>They will watch the gate waiting<br>Not at home hereabouts-<br>Which master is still missing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They know by the sound<br>And can smell miles away, <br>Their master has been found<br>And he is on his way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their jubilant greeting<br>Say the number is complete, <br>They are through with the counting-<br>And they are ready to eat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>PART THREE - SAMMY THE SPIDER</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now you say this is odd<br>And there is no proof<br>Meet a spider lad<br>Who lives up our roof.<br>Sammy's home is a web<br>Of clean measured strands<br>Numbered lines does he have<br>Lots of room in his hands.<br>He can count the distance<br>Each web from the other<br>Skills learned by chance <br>Obviously from his mother.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Cynthia+Buhain-Baello">Cynthia Buhain-Baello</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359389" data-title="Animals Can Count de Cynthia Buhain-Baello" data-description="PART ONE - DIAMOND AND HER KITTENS She was a proud mother Of four little kitties, She told us thereafter Of her maternal bliss. Two days later, two died, She looked and was frantic- She thought we tried to hide Her newborns in the attic. Her..."></div> </div> </div>

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