Rifle and Cat

On a bright meadow, where mosquitoes pollinated daisies,
Rifle and Cat met by chance one day.
Rifle looked with great respect at Cat,
That calm and graceful walked in the clearing.

"Cat, you are so dexterous and fast, I envy you!
You jump great, elude the chase like smoke!
I'm useful too, I protect the owner in battle
My strength is metal and power, gunpowder and bullets!"




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Cat smiled, listening to the speeches of Rifle,
He was taught not to trust strangers in forest.

"We are two very different creatures, -
Rifle reasoned measuredly, -
But both of us are not devoid of predatory grace!"

"Whom does he want to lull and deceive?
Where's the catch?" - Cat was worried more and more.

"I offer you eternal friendship, because we are hunters.
You will be the only Cat with Rifle in the whole world!
Come on, look into my barrel, don't be afraid of me.
That way we'll get to know each other better, right?"

Cat hesitated even more, there must have been a trick,
But curiosity was his second trait after dexterity,
Sometimes it took over Cat's mind, became his essence,
And at such moments he did all sorts of rash acts.
So, Cat forgot about warnings of the old wise men,
And took Rifle in his hands and looked into the barrel...

It seems to me that the reader tensed up
And as if heard a drum roll?
Is everyone so accustomed to the meanness of world,
Which I so much love to describe in my fables?
Oh, woe to me! What pessimists have gathered around me!

Remember forever: nothing can happen to cats,
Cats are not turtles, not wolves, and not even birds.
Therefore, Cat looked into Rifle and saw nothing there,
Rifle was not loaded, besides it was broken, besides it was toy.
But it looked menacing, so Cat now with Rifle,
Like Rambo, like Terminator, like The Godfather.

However, you can't look into the barrel of rifle,
Keep this in mind, please, you're not a cat.
Although... How should I know?



The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.