English poem
The Cat’s Playfulness
by E. V. Lucas (1868–1938)
However you exert your wits To find a plaything meet for kits, You’ll never choose a better thing Than ball of worsted, wool, or string.
A cotton reel is very well, A bell-rope answers for a spell; But, mark my words, a costly ball Of Berlin wool is best of all.
They chase it up and down the floor, Unwinding more and more and more, They twist it all about the chair, And bite and knot it everywhere.
Till what with twist and roll and pull, You can’t distinguish kit from wool, And only with another skein Can knitting be resumed again.