Limericks for Reading to Cats

by Lilian Jackson Braun

 

 

 

A sweet little feline named Catta
is getting fatta and fatta
But she's very nice
at catching mice
So, what do an ounce or two matta?

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A black and white stray named Toulouse
Found a home in the county of Moose
Now he dines on ice cream
And chicken supreme
And oysters and pate of goose.

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A sexy young tomcat named Jet
Loved every lady he met
One day he got ill
And they gave him a pill
And now he's suing the vet!

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And now a questionaire. How many of my smart readers have discovered that Koko and Yum Yum got their names from Gilbert and Sullivan? And Qwilleran copies his moustache from Mark Twain? And the series was inspired by Anthoy Trollope? LJB