the queen asked for a paw
'cause she wanted the claw
for a potion to poison
her daughter
and her servant said 'no'
"i'm no paw-cutter, so
i won't aid in your
hideous slaughter."
but that night as he slept
a slim feline had crept
to his bedroom
and mewled to awake him
he slurred: "shut your maw
or i'll cut off your paw"
and the cat slithered off
to escape him
yet the next night the cat
with a vengeance came back
and kept yawling
to keep him from snoozing
said the servant: "you creep!
if you keep me from sleep
i forewarn you'll end up
with a bruising!"
the third night, undeterred
the loud cat that
he'd heard
had arrived to continue
her mewling
so the servant awoke
and with blanket as cloak
he attacked her
to give her a schooling
with insomniac craze
and his mind in a haze
he dismembered the paw
of the kitten
and the murderous queen
entered quick on the scene
and snatched up the cat's foot
in her mitten
you can probably guess
that the end was a mess
and the queen made
her villainous potion
and the servant was seized
by such guilt and unease
'cause he knew that he'd
set things in motion
he felt anguish and pain
when the princess was slain
as he knew he'd
abetted the murder
and the moral is that
if awoke by a cat
you should know
it's indecent to hurt her.
it's indecent to hurt her.
