TOM CATS
In the jungle of the city two tom-cats chanced to meet
Omar and Bartholomew, tip-toeing round their beat.
Their chests swelled up with envy (oh an envy most intense),
as each spotted his new rival beside a back-yard fence.
Bartholomew's great tail (a tail of wide renown)
made Omar stare insanely, that tail he'd love to own.
Bartholomew stared also, he envied what he saw
He yearned to own the whiskers that Omar proudly wore.
A howl broke the silence of that midsummer night
Like Tancredi and Clorinda both cast aside all fright
as cat met cat in battle. It was a beastly fight.
Both limped home forlorn,
All tails, all whiskers gone.

THE FAWN
Listening to a cry of bombs, listening to the scream of distant field,
Listening, this is what the fawn thought, standing by a stream.
What madness, what madness of men, to diminish the earth,
to blast all that is lively, lively proud and gentle.
What can be the reason? the fawn thought,
listening to a cry of bombs, standing, by a stream.
What can be the reason?

THE GREY MOUSE
By herself, by herself watching the party
this small mouse upon a shelf
Very old, very old, she felt no cheer
at the dawn of the New Year.
"Friends" she said, "young friends" she said
"Dance my young friends but do beware I warn you
For I too have danced and sung like you
I too have been young so young
but alas
time came to join in the dancing
time came to join in the fun."

BARN DANCE
The fox took a chicken out on the floor
Poor silly chick didn't know the score.
And as they whirled in their joyous dance
Oh she admired how the fox could prance.
She never noticed when the lights went out.
She skipped to the beat with head held high
She bowed to the fox as he circled by.
He winked at her with a high-de-high
And then they engaged in a doe-si-doe
She never noticed when the lights went out.
He swung her to the left, he swung her to the right
He swung her around with all his might.
The air grew heavy, the light grew dim
But she felt no fear as she smiled at him;
He turned her again as she held him tight
As she smiled and whirled in the fading light.
She felt no fear, she knew no doubt
And she never noticed when the lights went out.
That's all, folks!