(The completed missing passages)

By Edgar Allen Poe's Cat

from Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of

Distinguished Feline Verse by Henry Beard

On a night quite enchanting,

When the rain was downward slanting,

I awakened to the ranting

Of the man I catch mice for.

Tipsy and a bit unshaven,

In a tone I found quite craven,

Poe was talking to a raven

Perched above the chamber door.

"Raven's very tasty," thought I, as I tiptoed o'er the floor,

"There is nothing I like more"

Soft upon the rug I treaded,

Calm and careful as I headed

Towards his roost atop that dreaded bust of Pallus I deplore.

While the bard and birdie chattered,

I made sure that nothing clattered,

Creaked, or snapped, or fell, or shattered,

As I crossed the corridor;

For his house is crammed with trinkets, curious and weird decor,

Bric-a-brac and junk galore.

Still the raven never fluttered,

Standing stock-still as he uttered,

In a voice that shrieked and sputtered,

His two cents worth -"Nevermore."

While this dirge the birdbrain kept up,

Oh, so silently I crept up,

Then I crouched and quickly leapt up,

Pouncing on the feathered bore.

Soon he was a heap of plumage, and a little blood and gore -

Only this and not much more.

"Oooo!" my pickled poet cried out,

"Pussycat, it's time I dried out!

Never sat I in my hideout

Talking to a bird before;

How I've wallowed in self-pity,

While my gallant, valiant kitty

Put an end to that damned ditty" -

Then I heard him start to snore.

Back atop the door I clambered, eyed that statue I abhor,

Jumped – and smashed it on the floor.

Only this and nothing more.

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HA TEPPACE, B PAHHEM MAE, COH MHE BETEP HABEBAET,

COH O HE3EMHOM, O PAE, O HECKPOMHOM, O BECHE,

HO BO MPAKE 3AOKOHHOM – TAK-TAK-TAK! – KAK B CKOKE KOHHOM,

KTO-TO B TAKTE MOHOTOHHOM… – BEPHO BETKA HA OKHE?

BETKA, BETKA HECOMHEHHO, BETKA HA MOEM OKHE,

A HE BAPBAP HA KOHE!

BAPBAP? HET! CKOPEE B CKOKE… XPOHOC? POK? HAMEK O CPOKE?

B CTPAXE, B HEPBHOM KPOBOTOKE – KTO TAM B TEMHOTE KAK BOP?

KTO B CBOEM HECKPOMHOM TPECKE, TAM, KAK BETEP B 3AHABECKE,

B MEPTBEHHOM, HEPOBHOM CBETE, MHE BO CHE HECET TEPPOP?

B POKOBOM HEPOBHOM CBETE KTO HECET BO CHE TEPPOP?

BEPHO, BOPOH HEBEPMOP?

TOT, KTO HA KOPMAX XAPOHA, HA PACCBETE – BHE 3AKOHA,

B HOMEPE CBOEM KOPOHHOM – TAK-TAK-TAK! – KAK METPOHOM,

KAK TAMTAM, KAK 3EBCA KAPA, KAK KEHTABP C TABPOM TAPTAPA,

TAK, KAK XOP HA AXEPOHE B CTPAHHOM CHE O HE3EMHOM,