A cosy fireside conversation between a cat and a visiting dog, all polite good manners and rhyming small talk. Two voices and a warm scene make it an easy one to act out with a child.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Pussy-cat sits by the fire;
How can she be fair?
In walks the little dog;
Says: "Pussy, are you there?
How do you do, Mistress Pussy?
Mistress Pussy, how d'ye do?"
"I thank you kindly, little dog,
I fare as well as you!"
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition