A Cat's Christmas

     "Twas the night before Christmas
       and all through the house
       Not a creature was stirring,
       not even a mouse.

      "Cuz the cat had pounced on him
        and tore him apart--
        Ate his mousey intestines
        And chewed up his heart.

      Kitty thought he heard sleigh bells,
      which made him take pause--
      He stopped daintily licking
      the blood from his claws.

      "Must be Santa" thought Kitty
       (that quite clever cat)
      "Cuz nobody else climbs down
       the chimney like that.

      Indeed it was ol' Santa,
      so jolly and fat
      With a load of presents
       and all for the cat!

      "Wow the best Christmas ever!"
       Kitty thought with a purr.
       Though he coughed up a hairball
       and shed some more fur.