"Quick! quick! ..."

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Quick! quick!
  The cat's been sick.

Where? where?
  Under the chair.

Hasten! hasten!
  Fetch the basin.

Alack! alack!
  It is too late,
The carpet's in
  An awful state.

No! no!
  It's all in vain,
For she has licked it
  Up again.

© Pierre Reverdy