Then he

began to sing: "Cat's in the cream jar, shoo, shoo, shoo!" "Stop trying to show off!" said Sally. She was angry, but Sammy, Elizabeth's little boy, shouted with delight. That was all the encouragement Abe needed. The fact that he could not carry

a tune did not seem to bother him. "Cat's in the cream jar, shoo, shoo, shoo! Cat's in the cream jar, shoo, shoo, shoo! Skip to my Lou, my darling." Sally was down on her hands and knees, wiping up the cream. "Stop singing that silly song, and help me." Instead, Abe danced a jig. He