The Cat’s Story

a poem by Padmini

Once in the country Britain,
there lived this cute kitten.
Who always chased the mice
and hated the old rhyme
‘Mice ran up the clock’.

So she wanted to do something special
so that the old rhyme lay forgotten.
She wore her favourite mittens,
and left for the mountains.

She climbed up a little,
she fell back a little,
till she tumbled right down.
You know who caught her down.

The little mice who lived down the hill,
was very happy to help the kitten.
When he realised what he had done,
he ran back into the hole stunned.

The kitten was amazed that he was alive.
So he happily whistled and cried.
He remembered the mice’s good turn with pride.
And no longer resented the rhyme back to his home he slid.