Month: November 2020

Shady Cat and the Shiny Ball

The wind pushed at the tree and

Shady Cat was up late chasing shadows.

One in particular was quick and lively,

flicking through the grass,

jumping potted plants,

racing over rock and earth

So fast was the shadow that Shady Cat had to

run faster and jump higher than as she ever had in her whole life

Two times she caught it! Then a third!

But every time it slipped through her paws!

Finally it raced up a very tall tree.

The tree was so tall it, was taller than all the houses.

Shady Cat did not wait but ran right up the tree.

Shady Cats are very good climbers,

and not afraid of heights at all.

The tree was not only tall, it had a hundred branches

and a thousand leaves.

So full was it that Shady Cal lost the shadow,

but at the very top found a bright shiny ball!

It looked so fun she swatted at it until

it fell in the branches. She swatted it again

and it rolled from branch to branch, bouncing

and dancing its way down the tree!

All round thousands upon thousands upon thousands

of shadows flickers across the world while

Shady Cat chewed happily on the moon.

THE END

Shady Cat Can’t Can

Shady Cat woke up hungry

So she went to the kitchen and cried for food

But no food came…the house was empty,

and so was her poor stomach!

Shady Cat did not give up.

She jumped up onto the counters

searching for food where sometimes it was left

“Ahah!” she cried, “A can of cat food!”

But the can was closed tight.  

Shady cat scratched at it.

She threw it off the counter to the floor.

She threw it against the wall.

She threw it outside down the stairs 

and jumped on it and bit it.

She rolled it about and pounced,

clubbing it with her paw. 

Shady cat was starting to have fun!

But her stomach still growled with hunger

And the can was not opening.

But Shady Cats are clever and she knew what to do.  

She took the can in her mouth,

carrying it like a kitten, 

to the sidewalk outside her house.

She put the can at her feet and 

Started yelling at every person that passed-

“Mraoowww!!   Mraooowwww!! Mraowwwwwwww!”

Until finally someone stopped to help her!

This human is not so bad, she thought

as they used their hands to open up the can

and placed it directly under her nose.

“Nope!” Cried Shady Cat, yelling at the human,

“I don’t like this kind!” 

THE END