Eastman Johnson, American
When Your Parents Can’t Decide What Pet To Get You For Christmas, So They Order the Variety Pack, 1856
Oil on canvas
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/// On the edge of her seat, Lucy gets
vital data observing The Pets.
Kitten hasn’t been fed,
but here’s live prey instead.
Raised as friends, how soon ‘til it forgets?
/// Though the parrot is chained, Lucy’s hunch
is that she will escape being lunch.
Her sharp talons and beak,
and the fact she’s not meek,
mean it’s not parrot meat kit will munch.
/// Her experiment seems to have shown
that the cat’s not sufficiently grown
to attack helpless prey.
His plate gets filled today.
Further tests Lucy plans to postpone.