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The Cat

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              The Cat

There once was a man who had a little cat
That loved to play and sit on his lap
The cat would play with a ball of string
So happy was she, she began to sing
"Meow, meow, purr, purr, meow."
She'd sing and play all throughout the day
Only with that ball of string she'd play
She'd rund around and pounce on the chair
When her ball of string was sitting up there
She'd cry and cry to the man
When her ball of string was in his hand
"Meow, meow, meow, meow!" as if to say
"Give it to me so I can play."
Then one day the ball of string
Was tattered and torn beyond anything
And the little cat just stared at the floor
Because she couldn't play with it anymore
She just sat and sat and wouldn't play
She wouldn't sing like she had done the other day
She wouldn't run or pounce or jump
She just sat on the floor like a little bump
Then the man gave her a little toy mouse
When he wound it up it ran around the house
But that was not her ball of string
And she wouldn't touch it for anything
The man had tried almost everything
But he never though of a new ball of string
So the little cat just sat all night and day
In one small spot and refused to play
So there she sits until this day
All old and grumpy and turning gray.

The moral to this story my dear
Should be very plain and clear
Not to get attached to just one thing
Like the little cat was to her ball of string
They are only material and can be replaced
There are other toys that can be more amusing
You'll see that most of the fun is choosing.

-Cassandra Ross 10-6-1991
This was another item I found up on my cabinet stored away. Not sure but think I may have wrote this for my son or because because I had many cats over the years and saw one doing something that gave me the idea. As far as i can tell because of the way it was written on the 2 pieces of loose leaf paper it was a draft so i copied it exactly as it was written minus the crossed out lines and whiteout lol. [link] (original copy photo)
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