# The Owl and the Pussycat

- Author: [Edward Lear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-lear.md)
- Quotes: 5
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-lear/the-owl-and-the-pussycat

## Quotes

> "Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
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> Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."

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> They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
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> Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
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> And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
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> They danced by the light of the moon,
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> The moon,
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> The moon,
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> They danced by the light of the moon.

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> Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!
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> How charmingly sweet you sing!
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> O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
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> But what shall we do for a ring?"

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> The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
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> In a beautiful pea green boat,
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> They took some honey, and plenty of money,
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> Wrapped up in a five pound note.
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> The Owl looked up to the stars above,
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> And sang to a small guitar,
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> "O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
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> What a beautiful Pussy you are,
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> You are,
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> You are!
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> What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

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> They sailed away for a year and a day
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> To the land where the bong-tree grows.

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