Mungo's Photo Album
The fat cat on the mat may seem to dream
of nice mice that seem to suffice for him, or cream;
but he free, maybe, walks in thought unbowed, proud,
where loud roared and fought his kin, lean and slim,
or deep in den in the East feasted on beasts and tender men.
The giant lion with iron claw in paw,
and huge ruthless tooth in gory jaw;
the pard dark-starred, fleet upon feet,
that oft soft from aloft leaps on his meat
where woods loom in gloom--far now they be,
fierce and free, and tamed is he;
but fat cat on the mat kept as a pet,
he does not forget.
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)