Once there was a little bitty, <br />Persian cat named Nittigritty, <br />did not hunt for mice or rats <br />yawned when faced with flying bats, <br />was a nuisance and expense <br />Father thought it made no sense <br />to keep feeding such a sponger, <br />mother took the toilet plunger <br />chased the cat into the yard <br />grandma there was rend'ring lard. <br />Cat fell in the lard container, <br />went through the electric strainer <br />out the other end she came <br />and she did not look the same. <br />From that day the house was quiet <br />no more trouble, smell or riot, <br />though the kids had lost a friend <br />yes, it was a tragic end.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-end-of-the-cat/
