Levity...we all need it! Happy Sunday!

THE CAT WHO BARKED

She seemed normal, the cat
who moved to our house
She was very polite
and hushed as a mouse

But one day she barked
sure as Fido next door,
and sweet as she was,
all the others were sore!

They were meowers, you see,
like regular cats,
When they heard Maria,
they dropped her like that

“A BARK!” grumped old Lily,
“She’s not one of US,
she’d better start meowing,
or she’s on the next bus!”

But, Maria was special
in all kinds of ways,
she’d hum them to sleep
and sneak food to the strays

who said “We think she’s great!”
to Lily and Art
“Be nice to her, Casey,
she has a good heart.”

Still, she just couldn’t meow
Then she heard “You’re a RAT!”
And that hurt her feelings
like it would any cat.

So she practiced and practiced
way up in our tree
As high in the branches
as one cat can be.

“Meow-BARK” tried Maria
“Beow-MARK” she worked hard
Then she FINALLY did it
and caught them off guard

“MEOW” they all heard
from the top of the tree
Then louder and louder!
“MEOW! LOOK AT ME!”

“That’s Maria!” yelled Art
“And she’s meowing away,
how she finally learned,
well, I just couldn’t say.”

She meowed from then on,
but still barked just a bit,
And then she taught Lily,
who became quite a hit!!

Soon they all barked and meowed
and they all understood…

It isn’t a language
that makes a friend... ‘good’.