Christmas Hamper: Full of Pictures and Tales

<h2><SPAN name="A_Lesson_in_Manners" id="A_Lesson_in_Manners">A Lesson in Manners.</SPAN></h2> <div class="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem stanzas and illustrations"> <tr><td align="left"><div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse"><span class="non-drop">T</span>HERE was once a dear little, queer little cat,</div> <div class="verse indent2">The sweetest kit e’er seen,</div> <div class="verse">Who made up her mind to journey</div> <div class="verse indent2">To town to see the queen.</div> </div></div> </div></td> <td align="left"><ANTIMG src="images/i030a.jpg" width-obs="200" height-obs="150" alt="cat hissing at dog" /> </td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><ANTIMG src="images/i030b.jpg" width-obs="200" height-obs="167" alt="dog reading to cat" /> </td><td align="left"><div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Mr. Puggy, a teacher of manners and dancing,</div> <div class="verse indent2">Gave her a lesson or two.</div> <div class="verse">“Observe my instructions, Miss Tabby,</div> <div class="verse indent2">And be sure to do as I do.”</div> </div></div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">But Tabby espied her saucer of milk,</div> <div class="verse indent2">And made a dart at that,</div> <div class="verse">While Pug distressfully murmured,</div> <div class="verse indent2">“What a very ill-bred cat!”</div> </div></div> </div></td><td align="left"><ANTIMG src="images/i030c.jpg" width-obs="200" height-obs="145" alt="cat drinking milk from saucer as pug watches" /> </td></tr> </table></div> <hr class="chap" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />