Three Cats

by Michael Brower
Cleo
Osage
Shaka

Cleo

No other cat is as quick as I.
No one can catch me.
I can climb a tree up on to the roof in no time at all.
I am the cat's meow.
If you are asleep, and I am awake, I can pounce on you.

Cleo lying around
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Osage

I am very cautious.
I can run, and climb, and hide.
You cannot find me.
I am never any trouble, unless I am hungry.

Osage ready to pounce!
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Shaka

My life has had some trouble.
I have bullied every cat in the neighborhood.
There was a car that got the better of me.
My back legs are stiff from that.
When I was a kitten, I was abandoned with Cleo.
One eye is blind, from an infection when I was a kitten.
They thought I was a girl kitten and called me Aida.
Life is not bad now.
I can sleep, fuss with my sister, and bully Osage a little.

Shaka the bully
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