Cruel!

She tried to scratch out both my eyes (It is true!) Tried to pull off both my ears, My nose, too; Scolded me—I thought she said She would leave upon my head Not a solitary hair— Meant it, laughing—didn’t care!

Well, it rather hurt, but I Murmured not, nor made outcry; Let her pull, and scratch, and scold; (She is only six months old).