Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers. She was the sister of the thriller writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon.
Cats sleep, anywhere,
Any table, any chair
Top of piano, window-ledge,
In the middle, on the edge,
Open drawer, empty shoe,
Anybody's lap will do,
Fitted in a cardboard box,
In the cupboard, with your frocks-
Anywhere! They don't care!
Cats sleep anywhere.
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What worlds of wonder are our books!
As one opens them and looks,
New ideas and people rise
In our fancies and our eyes.
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I quarreled with my brother,
I don't know what about,
One thing led to another
And somehow we fell out.
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He's nothing much but fur
And two round eyes of blue,
He has a giant purr
And a midget mew.
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The sounds in the evening
Go all through the house,
The click of the clock
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