The Owl and The Pussy-cat

By Edward Lear, 1812-88

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
They took some honey, and plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
'0 lovely Pussy! 0 Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!'
Pussy said to Owl, 'You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
0 let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-Tree grows,
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood,
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose!
With a ring at the end of his nose.
'Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand. on the edge of the sand
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

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The Owl () and () The Pussy-cat ()
By Edward () Lear (), 1812-88
The Owl () and () the Pussy-Cat () went to sea ( )
In () a beautiful () pea-green ( ) boat ().
They () took () some () honey (), and () plenty of () money ()
Wrapped up () in () a five-pound (-) note ().
The Owl () looked up () to () the stars () above (),
And () sang ( ) to () a small () guitar (),
'0 lovely Pussy (, )! 0 Pussy (, ), my () love (),
What a beautiful ( ) Pussy () you () are (),
You are ( ),
You are ( )!
What a beautiful ( ) Pussy () you () are (),

Pussy () said to () Owl (), 'You () elegant () fowl ()!

How () charmingly () sweet () you () sing ()!
0 let us be married (, )! too () long () we () have tarried ():
But () what () shall we do ( ) for a ring ( )?'
They () sailed () away (), for () a year () and () a day ( ),
To the land ( ) where () the Bong-Tree* (-) grows (),
And () there () in a wood ( ) a Piggy-wig () stood (),
With () a ring () at () the end () of his nose ( ),
His nose( ),
His nose( )!
With () a ring () at () the end () of his nose ( ),
'Dear Pig ( ), are you () willing () to sell () for () one () shilling
()
Your () ring ()?' Said () the Piggy (), 'I will ( ).'
So ( ) they () took it away ( ), and () were married ( ) next day (
)
By the Turkey () who () lives () on the hill ( ).
They () dined on () mince (), and () slices () of quince (),
Which () they () ate () with a runcible spoon* (-);
And () hand in hand ( ), on the edge of ( ) the sand ()
They () danced () by the light of the moon ( ),
The moon (),
The moon (),
They () danced () by the light of the moon ( ).

Comments ():
some ( .)
1) -, -, ,
: It was in some newspaper. - .
some day -
some time
2) , ; ( )
: Please give me some milk. , , .
There are some cats in the garden. .
3) ,
: I shall be away for some time. .
4) ,
: The club consists of some 40 members. - .
He has been here some years. .

* Bong-tree (), ., Great

Gromboolian Plain
* Runcible spoon , , (=
-)
piggy-wig(-gy)
1) , ( . )
2) , ( )
to tarry
1) , ,
2) , (for)
: to tarry for smb.'s arrival -.
3) ; ; , (at, in); , -
:
to tarry at home
to wrap
1) , , , (to wrap up)
: She wraps himself warm in furs.
2) , (round, about )
: Wrap the tube in a piece of white paper. .
3) ,
: The summits are wrapped in clouds. .
4) , , , ( )
: wrapped in woe
wrapped in anxiety
Oblivion wrapped our spirits. .
5) ,
: The image wrapped in the word is a very impressive and instructive one. , ,
.