THE CAT,
THE MAT,
THE RAT,
AND THE
BASEBALL BAT

The cat sat.

The cat sat on the mat.

The cat sat on the mat

and as it sat

it saw a rat.

The cat jumped up

and chased

the rat

around

and around

and around

the mat.

The rat did not like

being chased by the cat,

and after three laps

around the mat

the rat said,

‘That’s enough of that!’

And it went

and got …

    a baseball bat.

The rat

chased the cat.

The rat

chased the cat

with the

baseball bat.

Around

and around

and around

the mat

the rat

chased the cat

with the baseball bat

until …

 

Never again

did that cat

chase the rat—

the cat

was much too flat

for that.