Pubber of the Year ... 2016

Cat and the Kitten (Andrewagreen)

Cat and the Kitten

There's a tale that's told

Of a kitten

That liked to chase

After its tail.

It chased it and it

Chased it; but

Hard as it tried

That poor kitten

Couldn't catch it

Couldn't catch it

At all.

Along came an older

Wiser cat

Who watched him

Quite a while.

"Why are you chasing

Your tail?", he said.

"You can't seem to

Catch it at all."

"I can't seem to ever

Catch it

That's true."

The poor little kitten said,

"But I have to try

And try some more

For I'm convinced you see

That the secret

Of happiness

Must be there

Right at the end

Of my tail."

The older cat watched

For a little while more

Then this is what

He said:

"I used to chase

My own tail once

Convinced I'd

Find happiness there.

But one day I realised

There was no need

To chase my tail any more

For the secret I learned

Was this:

There's happiness

In the tip of my tail

But the wonderful

Thing you see

Is I simply go

Wherever I will

And the tail

Seems to follow me!"

Then the older cat

Upped and walked away

A happy smile on his face

And what kitten last saw

Was the swish of his tail

As it bobbed along

In his wake.