Shady Cat and the Mouse
Shady cat woke up from her afternoon nap
She almost went right back to sleep as the sun was high
and the shade was cool and so very comfortable.
But she heard something rustling and bustling near the old oak tree
What could it be? Shady Cat was curious, and also excited
Could be a bird, a squirrel, or a mouse or rat, or maybe even a rabbit!
She liked to play with all of these squeaky things,
and after playing, she would get so hungry she would gobble them right up!
So Shady Cat jumped to the shade of the tree, as Shady Cats can.
But the sound was not in the tree, it was in the bushes below.
So she jumped to the shade of the bushes, and laid down flat so as not to be seen
There, under the bush, as a big fat and very happy looking Mouse, eating bugs!
Shady Cat was excited! But she kept still her swishing tail
and moved slowly forward.. careful to make no noise!
And she POUNCED! Nyahhhh~! Got you!
In her head she was already throwing the mouse up in the air,
catching and playing, and hearing its cries.
But the mouse suddenly curled up into a ball,
And Shady Cat’s paw hit spikes! Nyah Nyah Nyah!
That hurts! This mouse is covered in spiky spines!
Shady Cat did not like this mouse at all.
So she went inside the house and yelled Nyah Nyah Nyah!
Until someone gave her some love for her hurt and some kibbles for her hungry stomach
But Shady Cat forgot the next day and Spiky Mouse was ready.
THE END