Pet Laughs: Listen To The Songs

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‘Twas the time before Catmas, and all or’ the earth, The season of giving was lacking in mirth.
With shopping and wrapping and trimming and such, The Season of Giving was proving too much!
The focus on More had spun out of control, The pressures and stresses were taking a toll.
To make matters worse, it was such a pity, That nobody thought of including their kitty!
Kitties, they reasoned, had a natural right, To be at the center of this gift-giving rite.
If children could warrant such a stew and a fuss, Giving gifts to the kitties was surely a must!
For no creature can take as well as a cat, They’re perfectly selfish, and no one doubts that.
And takers are needed for givers to give, Takers give givers a reason to live!
The humans were missing this obvious link, Until a wise kittycat caused them to think.
Seen playing with tinsel and balls on the tree, His human was charmed by his own kitty’s glee.
On the morning of giving, the kitty still napped, Snug under the tree where his gifts were all wrapped.
When the giggling of children invaded his dream, He woke and he wondered what could all of this mean?
He crawled under wrappings and into big boxes, He lay on a sweater, he sniffed at some soxes.
He found his toy mousie, the ball on a string, A furry new pillow, what a heavenly thing!
The humans were charmed by these kittycat feats, They cuddled and scratched him, they fed him cat treats.
They made up new words to the songs and the hymns, Which told of the antics of kitties like him.
The pressure for More dissolved in good measure, As humans delighted in kitty’s own pleasure.
See, the goal of a kitty is not to have More, But to make good of something so life’s not a bore.
Each year on this day, the scene was repeated, With his favorite foods, the kitty was treated.