Goodbye Little Friend

In Memory of Theophilus Thistle.Furball.Tazzy Gilliland

June 12, 1994-December 3, 2009

The naming of cats is a difficult matter

It isn't just one of your holiday games

You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter

When I tell you a cat must have three different names

First of all, there's the name that the family use daily

Tazzy

There are fancy names if you think they sound sweeter

Furball

But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular

A name that's peculiar, and more dignified

Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular

Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?

Theophilus Thistle.

Goodbye, Little Bear, I miss you.

Revised and plagiarized from 'The Naming of Cats' from the screenplay 'Cats'