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A classic nonsense poem about a romantic adventure of an owl and a pussy-cat. They sail away, get married, and dance by the light of the moon with a runcible spoon.
Read the classic nonsense poem by Edward Lear about a romantic adventure of an owl and a pussy cat. They sail away, get married, and dance by the light of the moon with a runcible spoon.
Reading of "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat". " The Owl and the Pussy-Cat " is a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1870 in the American magazine Our Young Folks [1] and again the following year in Lear's own book Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets.
- Jan Brett, Edward Lear
- 1867
A classic nonsense poem about a romantic adventure of an owl and a pussy-cat. They sail away, get married, and dance by the moonlight with a pig's ring and a runcible spoon.
The Owl and the Pussy-cat, nonsense poem by Edward Lear, published in Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871). One of the best known and most frequently anthologized of Lear’s poems, it was written and illustrated for a young daughter of the English man of letters John Addington.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Owl and the Pussycat is a 1970 American romantic comedy film directed by Herbert Ross from a screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the 1964 play of the same name by Bill Manhoff. The film follows Doris ( Barbra Streisand ), a somewhat uneducated actress, model, and part-time prostitute who moves in temporarily with her neighbor Felix ( George ...
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