A cat wants to have a friend. It looks at everyone who passes by. Everyone who passes by asks:
– Little cat ! Little cat! What do you want?
And the little cat says:
– I want to have a friend.
A dog passes by and says:
– I want to be your friend.
– Sing me a song , – says the cat.
– Bow, wow, wow, – says the dog .
– I don’t like your song , – says the cat . – I don’t want to be your friend.
A hen passes by and says:
– Little cat! Little cat! I want to be your friend.
– Sing me a song, – says the cat.
– Cluck, cluck, – says the hen .
– I don’t like your song, – says the cat. – I don’t want to be your friend.
Then a mouse passes by and says:
– Little cat! Little cat! I want to be your friend.
– Sing me a song, – says the cat.
– Ziu, ziu, – says the mouse .
– Oh! I like your song, – says the cat. – Let us be friends.
– Yes, yes, – says the little mouse, – Let’s be friends.
What a funny little mouse! It wants to play with the cat!