And finally (long post):
I remember one line from a children's book that I loved but I can't find it anywhere. I've tried googling the line but to no avail. Ah, well some things are not meant to be repeated. Jonathan Wanathan Higgins McGee was the name of the character in the book.
Ben,
CLICK HERE for a little more information. According to that site, what you remember is "
The Yellow Cat" by Betty Ren Wright. It is a Tell-A-Tale book and a Fuzzy Wuzzy Book Copyright, MCMLII [1952]
, by Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin." Here's an excerpt:
"The strangest thing that ever could be,"
Said Jonathan Wonathan Higgens McGee,"
Is a yellow cat with purple ears,
A flouncy, pouncy kind of cat, With pointed, purple ears.
But I'll never see that. NOT A YELLOW CAT!"
Yet there she was by his bouncy bed,
Washing her paws and cocking her head,
Drinking her tea from a silver cup,
Saying, "Jonathan Wonathan Higgens McGee, GET UP!"
Jonathan Wonathan Higgens McGee
Jumped out of bed in a one-two-three,
Put on his coat and his tie and his spats,
"Said, "There's no such thing as yellow cats."
Jonathan Wonathan shook his head.
"Now the cat is gone and I'm glad," he said.
"I'll never believe in a yellow cat."
Something wiggled under his hat.
With claws
On its paws.
Jonathan chased her around the room
With a cane and a map and a prickly broom,
Till his wife said "Stop!"
And they all said "Stop!"
"We're pos-i-tive-ly certain that
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A YELLOW CAT!"
When one works for a library, there are advantages to being in the same building as the Reference Department!And if you go
HERE, you'll find a copy on eBay...and the seller is from Olympia, where I live!! Here's the pic:
