Last night, I had a frightful dream, it sorely burdened me / I dreamt the cat was after me, and wanted me for tea. / And as I ran for my dear life the cat was always near / And I could feel the beast's foul breath, and such I ran in fear... // The worst was yet to come, for suddenly I saw / No earthly but a ghostly cat it was from ear to paw. / How glad I was as soon the ghost cat fell into a hole / Which must have been, conveniently, dug deeply by a ghostly mole. / I covered up the hole with dung of one ghostly cow, / And I took leave from the nightmarish cat, with cheerful 'bye' and 'chiao' ... [ do not enter the region of ghostly animals in your dreams. This story has a happy ending, but you might not be so lucky... ]