The Mean Cat Song

Midge and Booker-T strolled along the sidewalk on their way to Jake's house.

"We are Sia..mese, if you please," sang Booker-T. "We are Sia..mese if you don't please."

"What are you singing?" asked Midge. "What is a Sia..mese?"

"It's a cat," said Booker-T. "A very naughty cat."

"Why is it naughty?" asked Midge.

"They are mean," said Booker-T.

"Who were they mean to?" asked Midge.

"There was a pretty dog," said Booker-t. "She looked like you, but she was brown instead of white and black."

"She was a Cocker Spaniel?" asked Midge. k

"Yes, I think that is what the dog was," said Booker-T. "She lived in a nice house and the cats were mean to her and messed up the house."

"How many cats were there?" asked Midge.

"There were two of them and their owner was a mean old lady," said Booker-T.

"Why were they in the house?" asked Midge. "Did they go in there to cause trouble?"

"The old lady was there to help the nice lady take care of a new baby," said Booker-T as Midge and he entered the yard at Jake's house.

"Who had a baby?" asked Jake.

"I don't know," said Midge. "Booker-T was singing a strange song about some mean cats called Sia..mese."

"Did the cats have babies?" asked Jake.

"No," said Booker-T. 'The nice lady who lives in the house had the baby."

"What house? What lady?" asked Jake.

"It was in a movie that my owner was watching with her niece last night," said Booker-T. The mean old lady came to the house with two mean cats."

"The cats were mean too?" asked Jake. "And they were called Sia..mese?"

"Yes," said Booker-T. "The Sia..mese is a kind of cat I think. Like I'm an alley cat."

"Aw Booker-T," said Midge. You aren't an alley cat anymore. You have a nice home now."

"the two cats were mean to the dog that was in the house," said Booker-T. "They made a big mess in the house and blamed it on the dog."

"what were their names?" asked Jake.

"I think one had the name Si and the other one was named Am," said Booker-T.

"Those are funny names," laughed Midge. "What happened to the dog?"

"Her name was Lady," said Booker-T. "And they kicked the dog outside and the mean old lady put some kind of thing around her nose and mouth."

"They put a muzzle on her?' asked Jake. "Oh the poor dog."

"What is a muzzle for?" asked Midge.

"It keeps a dog from biting someone," said Jake. "What kind of song were you singing?"

"The two cats in the movie were singing this song," said Booker-T.

"Sing it again," said Midge. "Jake wants to hear it."

"We are Sia..mese if you please," sang Booker-T. "We are Sia..mese if you don't please."

"Keep singing," said Make. "What else do you remember?"

"Do you hear what I hear?" sang Booker-T. "A Baby cry? Where we find baby there are milk nearby."

"Did they hurt the baby?" asked Jake.

"No," said Booker-T. "But they made another dog look like he was trying to hurt the baby."

"Wow," said Midge. "They really were mean. Who was the other dog and what was he doing?"

"The other dog was just a mutt, they said," said Booker-T. "He saw a rat run under the baby's crib and tried to save the baby from it, but the man got angry and didn't know. He thought the dog was going to hurt the baby. He helped Lady get the muzzle off."

"What movie were you watching?" asked Jake.

"I think the name of the movie was The Lady and the Tramp," said Booker-T.

"Who was the tramp?" asked Midge.

"That was the other dog's name," said Booker-T. "I think there were two other dogs in the movie too but I don't remember their names."

"Who are they?" asked Jake.

"Well, Lady was a pretty Cocker Spaniel like Midge and the Tramp was some kind of dog they called a mutt," said Booker-T. "They became good friends and at the end of the movie, they had little puppies."

"I hope that everyone was okay in the movie and the mean old cats and lady went away," said Jake.

"Yes," said Booker-T. "The end was happy."