Practical cat

Zelda

Creamsicle Cats are orange and white,
Creamsicle Cats are rather small;
Creamsicle Cats are sly and bright,
And (thankfully) rarely caterwaul.
Creamsicle Cats have pretty faces,
Creamsicle Cats have hazel eyes;
They like to practise their airs and graces
And wait for the Creamsicle Sun to rise.

Creamsicle Cats develop slowly,
Creamsicle Cats are not too big;
Creamsicle Cats are roly-poly,
They know how to dance a gavotte and a jig.
Until the Creamsicle Sun appears
They lounge inside and take their repose:
Creamsicle Cats wash behind their ears,
Creamsicles dry between their toes.

(With apologies to T.S. Eliot, the Old Possum.)

The best non-fiction book about cats: Tribe of Tiger, by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. (Excerpt.)

UPDATE 4/25/08: This post has been submitted to the Friday Ark.