'Aha!' laughed the hedgehog, 'I've had such fun
Tonight, while out on my usual run
I came across an inquisitive cat,
I believe she thought me a glorified rat!
A curious creature, no doubt, she found me,
She stopped and looked, and then walked round me,
"How strange," she murmured, "What can it be?
And fancy, it isn't afraid of me!"
I set that silly young cat a poser,
Was I a meal? - or -(coming closer),
Something to play with, something to maul,
So I curled up my prickles and curled in a ball! -
You should have heard that young puss howl!
I laughed and went on with my evening prowl.'