Said the little black kitten To the little white kitten, "What is this? Do you know? Where there once was grass Where we used to pass There's something cold, oh, oh!" Said the little white kitten To the little black kitten, "The name of this thing is snow!" Said the little black kitten To the little white kitten, "Do tell! How did you know!"
Two kittens, one black and one white, wake up to a changed world. The grass they usually walk across has vanished, and in its place is something cold. The black kitten is puzzled and a little alarmed, so he asks his friend what it is. The white kitten answers with confidence: it's snow. The black kitten responds with admiration, as if his friend had just pulled off something remarkable.
There's no narrator commenting on all this, only the two voices trading lines, which makes the poem feel like a tiny scene from a children's story. The mood is light and playful. The "oh, oh!" captures the surprise of a paw hitting something icy, and the repeated pattern of "said the little black kitten" and "said the little white kitten" gives the whole thing a bouncing, sing-song rhythm. The humor comes from the ending: the white kitten may not know much more than the black one, but sounding sure is enough to impress.