The Cat

• Elijah Shanahan, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2022

The cat
Could think
Of what the men
Would do to him if they
Found out about the fin
Shark that they had caught
The day before, for with
His whiskers, he had to
Drag the big fish to his
Hiding place in the dunes,
In which he lived,
At the sea's edge,
At the beach.