The Naming Of Cats

<br>They are proud, however, and they explain to their human visitors<br> who they are and reveal that cats have three different names:<br> the one the family uses daily, the more dignified name and a secret<br> name. It is the cat`s contemplation of the latter that keeps felines<br> in deep thought.<br><br> ALL (Whispering): <br> The naming of cats is a difficult matter <br> It isn`t just one of your holiday games <br> You may think at first I`m mad as a hatter <br> When I tell you a cat must have three different names <br> <br> First of all, there`s the name that the family use daily <br> Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James <br> Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey <br> All of them are sensible, everyday names <br> <br> But I tell you a cat needs a name that`s particular <br> A name that`s peculiar and more dignified <br> Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular? <br> Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride? <br> <br> Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum <br> Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat <br> Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum <br> Names that never belong to more than one cat <br> <br> But above and beyond there`s still one name left over <br> And that is the name that you will never guess <br> The name that no human research can discover <br> But the cat himself knows and will never confess <br> <br> When you notice a cat in profound meditation <br> The reason, I tell you, is always the same <br> His mind is engaged in rapt contemplation <br> Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name <br> <br> His ineffable, effable, effanineffable <br> Deep and inscrutable singular name <br> Name, name, name, name, name, name