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I told you before ‘twas a stormy night

When these two little kittens began to fight;

The old woman seized her sweeping broom,

And swept the two kittens right out of the room.

The ground was covered with frost and snow,

And the two little kittens had nowhere to go;

So they laid them down on the mat at the door,
While the old woman finished sweeping the floor.

Then they crept in, as quiet as mice,

All wet with the snow, and cold as ice,
For they found it was better, that stormy night,

To lie down, sleep and be safe together than to quarrel and

fight. —Anonymous

Word Meanings
stormy night: night with strong winds, thunder and snow; quarrel: argue; ‘twas: it was;
seized: hold something suddenly and firmly; frost: thin layer of ice on a solid surface;
laid: positioned in a horizontal manner; crept: moved slowly and carefully

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