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A girl, two birds, some candy & a very large cat

Once upon a time a little girl was going to take her doll for a walk when there she was, meeting two nice little birds
She dropped them a pretty little bow and said to them,
"Good afternoon, little birds, will you play with me?"
"I have some lovely candy in my little bag"
"I'll give you some"
One of the birds said, "I have no objection"
and the other said, "Neither do I"
They enjoyed themselves very much until it was nearly evening
Then the little birds said, "We want to go away now"
But along with the coming night, a wicked thought came to the little girl
She said to the little birds, "I still have some candy at the bottom of my little bag. Come and fetch them if you like"
They came at once and before you could say trapped
She pulled the strings tight and the little birds were caught
They chirped and chirped in vain
The little girl carried them off
That evening, wouldn't you know,
There was a large cat prowling in the neighborhood
He came running full on, hearing the little birds chirp
When the little girl saw him, she dropped him some candy
"Good evening Mr. Cat", she trembled out of her mouth
The cat said nothing at all
The little girl took fright at seeing this great beast who was coming towards her with such enormous eyes and such a huge mouth
She took fright and began to cry
The cat didn't care a bit
He swallowed her in one mouthful
He went off satisfied, licking his chops
While for their part, the little birds, whom he hadn't even noticed, flew away as fast as they could
And that's all folks!