WHAT WE’VE UP TO:
We’ve been checking out the new snow hole in the garden that Zoe dug out today!
Here I am in the hole:
We have also been enjoying poetry. Our favorite kind of poetry is limericks. If you don’t know what a limerick is, here are some examples:
There once were two cats from Kilkenny
Each thought that was one cat too many,
So they started to fight
And to scratch and to bite.
Now, instead of two cats, there aren’t any.
There was a young lady of Niger
who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
with the lady inside,
and the smile on the face of the tiger.
There was an old man of Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket;
But his daughter, named Nan
Ran away with a man
And as far as the bucket, Nantucket.
But he followed the pair to Pawtucket,
The man and the girl with the bucket;
And he said to the man,
He was welcome to Nan,
But as for the bucket, Pawtucket.
No, we did not make those ones up, unfortunately. We are not that clever.
Speak for yourself, Lola!
Well, we started two limericks, but we couldn’t finish them. Right, Sasha?
I guess that’s true.
Maybe you readers can help us finish them?
Yeah!
Here are the first lines of the two limericks:
There once was a cat from Kentucky…
There once was a kitty from Venice…
Please finish these limericks for us and leave them in the comments below!
We have a shout out to our new viewer this week in Lithuania!
And a hi to our other viewers this week from Canada, Denmark, the US, the UK and Norway!
FUN FACT:
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people per year. Humans kill about 100 million sharks per year.
VIDEO PICK:
This is a video that Zoe’s aunt sent us about a Norwegian cat who likes to ski:
Hi
This challenge is great. My brain has been parked at a side road for the whole week ( winter holiday), and it is time to get into shape again
Limericks:
There once was a cat from Kentucky
Who knew he could´t fight like Rocky
His wish was instead to study
How he could run like a rickety
Split to his beauty:
The lovely Miss Lucy
There once was a kitty from Venice
Who´s nickname was nothing but Alice
She was treated by her mother very un-nice
And got an idea to revenge the malice:
Alice decided to make treats out of rice
And to fool her mother to believe they were mice.
Mette
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Cut into the Limerick Bone 🙂
There once was a cat from Kentucky
Who knew he could´t fight like Rocky
His wish to study
Run like a rickety
Split to his girlfriend, Mrs. Lucy
There once was a kitty from Venice
Whose mum treated her lesser than nice
To revenge this malice
She made treats out of rice
And fooled her mum to think they were mice.
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Excellent! Thank you for throwing yourself into this challenge!
L&S 🙂
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There once was a Cat from Centucky
Who considered Herself Super-lucky,
She lay on her back and nibbled a snack
Until her tummy felt yucky.
There once was a Kitty from Venice
Who was an Horrible Menace
She growled at the girls with a furious Gggrrlll
Snarling with cruelle vengeance.
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Pure genius Dr. Feline! Thank you for participating!
L&S 😸
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This is Zoe’s mom. I’m inspired! Here are my attempts:
There once was a cat from Kentucky
Whose nature was stupid but plucky
He leaped in the mud
With a terrible thud
And came out with paws awfully mucky
* * *
There once was a kitty from Venice
Who went by the name of John-Dennis
He tried to jump rope
But soon gave up hope
And decided he’d rather try tennis
–Zoe’s mom
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Well,,,
There once was a kitty from Venice
Who was extraordinarily fond of tennis
But her real love was soccer
So she hopped on a Fokker
And flew off to become an apprentice
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and not forgetting…
There once was a cat from Kentucky
Who was feeling amazingly lucky
So she entered a draw
With her most felicitous paw
And came away with a fish-flavoured cookie
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Awesome limericks! Thank you so much for helping us! L&S 😉
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