THE DIRT WAS WARM ON HER FEET
AS SHE HELPED PLANT SOME SEEDS,
SHE LIKED TO PLAY AND MOVE THE SOIL
DADDY HAD REMOVED ALL THE WEEDS.

SHE HAD BEEN SITTING DOWN
HER LITTLE SHIRT WAS DIRTY ALL AROUND,
BUT SHE LOVED TO DIG AND HOE
IN THE FRESH PLOWED GROUND.

HER BABY BROTHER WAS STILL SMALL
HE WASN'T VERY OLD,
UP THE HILL TO THE GARDEN
IN A RED WAGON HE HAD RODE.

THE YEARS PASS SO QUICKLY
THE CHILD WAS ABOUT THREE,
SHE HAD STARTED TO LEAVE THE GARDEN
WHEN SUDDENLY WHAT DID SHE SEE ?

SHE HAS ALWAYS ADORED ANIMALS
BEING RAISED ON A FARM,
IT WAS GETTING LATE AFTERNOON
WHEN SHE SPIED SOMETHING IN THE BARN.

THERE NEAR SOME STALKS OF TOBACCO
NESTLED IN SOME PILES OF LOOSE HAY,
THREE ADORABLE LITTLE YELLOW KITTENS
HAD WANDERED OUT TO PLAY.

THE LITTLE CHILD'S SHIRT
SPECKLED WITH DIRT AND DUST,
A LITTLE COUNTRY GIRL SHE CERTAINLY WAS
DETERMINED TO CATCH A KITTEN - SHE MUST !

AS SHE HELD THE BABY KITTY
THE LOVE SHE HAD SURE DID SHOW,
THERE WAS LOTS FOR THIS BALL OF FUR
HER FACE WAS ALL AGLOW.

THE OTHER TWO GOT AWAY
AS FAST AS THEY COULD RUN,
SHE STOOD THERE BAREFOOT, A BIG SMILE
IN THE LATE AFTERNOON SUN.

SHE HAS AN OLDER SISTER
THEY SHARED A KITTEN THAT DAY,
WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE KITTENS VENTURED OUT
AND THE CHILDREN GOT THEM TO PLAY.

THERE ARE OTHER ANIMALS ON THE FARM
DOGS, COWS, PONY AND A GOAT TOO,
BUT GUESS WHICH ONE LOVES THEM THE MOST ?
AH, YES, YOU GUESSED WHO !


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