To wonder what the hell the three little kittens actually need mittens for?

[professorsnape]

DD, age 4 pointed this out at the bedtime story.

A fair point.

Maybe their controlling mother bought them in order to scold them when they lost them?

What a (feline) farce

Any suggestions and/or similar critical analysis of nursery rhymes?

Why did Tom Kitten and his sisters have to wear pinafores, tuckers and a tight jacket and trousers?

MrBloomsNursery, because their mother wanted them too! She wanted them to look smart for visitors. Tom was not too chuffed.