The Cat in the hat rhyme
How
do we know
a
bird’s a bird?
Do
we ask it politely
and
take the bird’s word?
Do
we know it’s a bird
when
it crosses the sky?
That’s
sounds pretty good
but
some birds don’t fly.
Do
only birds sing?
Is
that how we tell?
But
whales are not birds,
and
they sing songs as well.
Ahhh,
says the cat,
I’m
still ever so clever;
for
I know an answer
that
will last forever
(let’s
say it together)
lies
under my hat.
Yes,
you’re right, it’s a feather!
All
birds have feathers,
big
ones and tiny.
Some
feel so soft,
and
some quite spiney
They
help the bird fly,
keep
it warm as can be.
And
some make the birds
look
as handsome as me.
The
mystery is solved
by
the cat in the hat.
All
birds have feathers;
and
that’s simply that.
