HOW DO WE KNOW A BIRD IS A BIRD?

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

What makes it a bird

(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.