Or else... yes, that's it.

I put you down

and let you try being alone.
Simply to see

what you are able to do...

But what's that?

Would you be shy?

You want to play hide-and-seek
and see which of us

can catch the other ...
or who knows how to hide better?

Surely I am the one,

your maker from whose

hands you sprung.
You seem to be living 

from stories I imagine for you.
The whims of my eye

don't see you

as still and passive.
I want to give you more temperament...
Go on! You could say, thank you! Tell me you love me, too!  

Come on!

Come back to my hand.

Follow me another

part of the way,

or else,

share some tenderness...

From an offered hand

to an offered paw,

we'll stay a bit longer,

closer to one another.

Come one!

Jump to my hand,

I want to feel your light weight and hold your slender shape.

Yes, this is how

I like to hug you...

when you look at me lovingly

and a little astonished

while also, bemused.

Let me thank you

and give you a handful

of tickles...

I feel you laughing

and you love it!

I give you a kiss...

to turn you into a real live cub

who tricks  me at nightfall.

Don't forget your childish dreams.

Keep thinking of the

happy, smiling world

of innocence !