The Half story

The naming of cats

Is a difficult matter

It is not just one of your holiday games

You may think at first

I was a mad as a hatter

But I'll tell you a cat

must have three different names



First of all there's a name

That the family used daily

Such as Peter, Augustus,

Alonzo or James

Such as Victor or Jordan,

George or Bill Bally

But all of them sensible everyday names



There are fancies names

If you think they sounds sweeter

Some for the gentleman

Some for the dames

Such as Plato, Admetus,

Electra, Demeter

But all of them sensible everyday names



But I tell you a cat

needs a name that's particular

A name that's peculiar

And more dignified

That's how can he keep up his tail perpendicular

Or spread out his whiskers

Or cherish his pride

Of name of this kind

I can give you a quorum

Such as Munkustrap,

Quazo or Coricopat

Such as Bombalurina or else

Jellicles names will never belong

To more than one cat



But above and beyond

There still one nave left over

And that is the name

That you never will guess

The name that no human will search

And discovered

But the cat himself knows

And will never confess

When you notice a cat

in profound meditation

The reason I tell you is always the same

His mind is engaged

in a rapt contemplation

Of the thought  of the thought

Of the thought  of his name

His ineffable  effable

Effanineffable

Deep  and inscrutable

Singular

Name name name name...