Animalia

The cat bit the rat Cos the rat bit the bat Cos the bat bit the gnat Cos the gnat bit me Because, I loved the cat but the cat loved the bat and the rat loved the gnat and the bat loved me But cats that eat rats And bats that eat gnats And folk who like cats Ain’t insane to me But all of the stats That say high flying bats Can’t be chewed on by rats Needs explainery!

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Deb M

Date: 7/20/2023 10:51:00 PM

Hehe a little confusing but l got it!! Cute as Terry!! Not you the poem!!! Ha…..Debx

Deb M
Date: 7/21/2023 10:34:00 PM

And here Kim and I are!!!

Terry Flood
Date: 7/21/2023 4:18:00 PM

Glad you enjoyed this, Deb. I get ‘confusing’, that second verse took some careful double checking regarding who loved who and what bit what. I wasn’t going to inflict it on an unsuspecting world, but HEY! I knew there would be one or two remarkably intelligent Soupers who would ‘get it’ ;-)

Kim Merryman

Date: 7/20/2023 6:26:00 PM

That's full of tongue twisters An amusing write, Terry! Blessings, Kim M

Terry Flood
Date: 7/21/2023 4:21:00 PM

You don’t know the half of it, Kim. I’m one of those people who speak really quickly (I make a conscious effort to slow down) but when I read I read real quick too… and I trip over the who bit who thing. I’m glad you enjoyed. Terry