THE GUARDIAN CAT

A peasant that in his pantry
kept a cheese from Christmas,
heard a little mousy noise
by the periphery of his refreshment.
And soon, soon, as a ready man
whom nobody catches lacking,
brought the cat, so that in vigil
did on the scoundrel the sentinel.
And did it the cat with such success,
that both were gone: mouse and cheese.

Worthy and prudish governments,
where there is cheese do not send cats.