The Shadow Kitten

There’s a funny little kitten that tries to look like me,

But though I’m round and fluffy, he’s as flat as flat can be;

And when I try to mew to him he never makes a sound,

And when I jump into the air he never leaves the ground.

He has a way of growing, I don’t understand at all.

Sometimes he’s very little and sometimes he’s very tall.

And once when in the garden when the sun came up at dawn

He grew so big I think he stretched half-way across the lawn.