Stacy's poem got a lot of very nice emails, and I've rerun it since then. Hard to believe that since then we've moved and gotten another cat.
For auld lang syne, here it is again:
The Great Ham Caper
Words by Stacy Lynch
Pictures by Mike Lynch
’Twas the week before ChristmasWhen Rufus and Sam
Hatched a devious scheme
To make off with the ham!
The ham that would grace
The holiday table!
Roo was the brains.
Sam, wiry and able.
They devised a plan
Of Goldbergian proportions
With pulleys and weights
And kitty contortions.
And on Christmas day
They’d eat until stuffed
(The very idea
Made their tails slightly puffed!)
’Til then, they’d lay low,
Little angels to see.
But that made us suspicious –
Wouldn’t you be?
So we snooped and we sleuthed
And uncovered their caper -
“The Ham-Stealing Plan”
Diagrammed on a paper!
“No silly cat’s gonna
Steal my roast beast,”
Exclaimed Mike. “Just watch,
I’ll ruin their feast!”
So he countered their schemingWith mad plans all his own
And all I could do
Was inwardly groan!
Who’d win this contest
Of wits they were planning?
Would Mike, Roo or Sam -
Be last man or cat standing?
As Christmas day dawnedThe four of us waited
For the ham to be served
With breaths that were bated.
But before the main course
Could even be plated
Their plans took a turn.
Some say it was fated...
What happened to stop them
So cold in their tracks?
Why, cat-nip and husb-nip
(in big canvas sacks)
Was all that it tookTo stop their foul warring.
And they rolled and purred
And drooled on the flooring.
And as long as I keptMy fingers and toes
Away from a hubby and two cats
In nip’s throes -
My own Christmas dayTurned out merry and calm;
The ham moist and succulent,
The champagne, a balm.
When they “awoke”,
hostilities abated,
We all ate some ham
And went to bed sated.
And such peace we wishTo you and to yours:
An end to fighting;
An end to wars.
Happy Holidays!
Mike and Stacy and Rufus and Sam
UPDATE: and Trout.
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