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The Play - continued, 1891. 'Out bounds a cat, - a dreadful sight. A moment paralysed with fright They stand stock still, then take to flight. But all in vain, though wined with fear, They rush, and double, spring, and hide: For pussy maddens in the rear; And with their blood the floor is dyed. (Please to remember that the gore, With which the floor Is dabbled o'er, Is currant juice, and nothing more, From bladders, which the children bear, Hidden beneath the skins they wear.) The cat lies down to rest, and pur, And lick her paws, and wash her fur: And, 'mid applause that shakes the walls, The play is o'er, the curtain falls'. Page 26 of "John Chinaman. Description versified by R. L", 1891. [London, England; Germany]