My Crazy Cat

2nd October 2013

The Limerick challenge today was to write about a cat. 

Max has decided to write limericks all this month. Next month, he will take on another rhyme format. (I shall wait and see if we manage this!).

He decided to write about his crazy cat. His cat is a red tipped ragdoll, a very fluffy, very loopy ragdoll. He sits and talks to R2D2, reads the Guiness Book of Records, brings in flying lizards as gifts, plays football with a tennis ball, fights carpets and tries to climb walls.

My Crazy Cat

And so, here it is:

My Crazy Cat:

I have a rather crazy cat,

He likes to fight my black door mat.

While chasing a gecko up a wall,

It came to him, he had to fall,

And gave the lizard a big bat.

I don't think he did give the lizard a bat at all, as he fell off the wall as soon as he realised that his feet were not made of velcro.

Bob the Slob

1st October 2013

Off we went for lunch, to our favourite Italian restaurant in Singapore: Pasta Brava.

Max ate Penne with Pomodoro and I chose my usual: Ravioli Verde, followed by a single espresso.

It was a surreal experience, we met a new Executive Chef. He used to work at the Wessex Hotel (an icon), in Winchester. 

Winchester is where I grew up. Mario, Rolando's new chef, used to work for an Italian Manager: Signor Cassini, the father of one of my junior school friends: Susan Cassini. We used to run through the kitchens, probably causing havoc for the chefs.

Max sat opposite me, smiling. He told me he is learning about poetry and different types of rhymes at school. He explained the rhythm and format that a limerick should follow, in minute detail.

Then came out with a rhyme: 

Bob the Slob

Once there was a man named Bob,
Who really was quite a slob.
He did a poo,
In an old brown shoe,
While crunching a chocolate hob-nob.



And so, A Rhyme a Day was born. We decided that each day, for October, he will write a poem.