One day, not very long ago,
while Ann was playing with her doll,
she heard a meowing sound so loud
she dropped the doll and looked around.

From where she stood nothing seemed off key,
but the meowing went on ear-piercingly.
Ann decided it was then or never -
she’s got to go find that meowing treasure.

She checked all the doorways and hallways and bedrooms,
she looked behind toilets and under the blankets,
but the meow meow meow just kept on going
and on her face, a frown was growing.

She didn’t know where else to look,
caught in her desperate state she opened a book,
but all of the letters did her no good
and the endless searching made her think about food.

Her belly was rioting, now more than ever,
it was the time for some bread and some cheddar.

So she and her doll took a walk to the kitchen,
Ann opened the fridge - and there was a kitten!

Berja Manik