If I were only a little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would br you say "No" to me if I tried to eat from your dish? br Would you drive me off, saying to me, "Get away, you naughty br little puppy?" br Then go, mother, go! I will never come to you when you call br me, and never let you feed me any more. br If I were only a little green parrot, and not your baby, br mother dear, would you keep me chained lest I should fly away? br Would you shake your finger at me and say, "What an ungrateful br wretch of a bird! It is gnawing at its chain day and night?" br The go, mother, go! I will run away into the woods; I will br never let you take me in your arms again.