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The dog sleeping on the doorstep
\nKeeps the cats away
\nFor they cant enter while hes there
\nAnd upon the couches play.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So to torment birds the cat set
\nAnd to slink around the garden<\/span><\/div>\n
Maybe climb through an open window
\n<\/span>Without as much as \u201cbeg your pardon\u201d<\/div>\n

The dog sleeping on the doorstep
\nWho tries to keep cats out
\nFails when windows are open
\nTo stop the moggies from sneaking about!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The dog sleeping on the doorstep Keeps the cats away For they cant enter while hes there And upon the couches play. So to torment birds the cat set And to slink around the garden Maybe climb through an open window Without as much as \u201cbeg your pardon\u201d The dog …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,232],"tags":[683,680,681,685,93,679,682,684,686],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-poems","category-nature-2","tag-cat-poem","tag-cats","tag-cats-and-dogs","tag-dog-poems","tag-funny-poem","tag-life-dogs","tag-poem-on-cat","tag-poem-on-dogs","tag-poems-on-pets","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-7o","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3907,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-bald-man-in-bed-the-cat-the-dog-and-the-flea\/","url_meta":{"origin":458,"position":0},"title":"The Bald Man in Bed, The Cat, The Dog and the Flea","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"22nd August 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"There was a fat bald man who lived with a cat And a dog that had fleas, but he did not know that One morning as he rose to get out of bed A flea from the dog landed square on top of his head. 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