Last week I asked ChatGPT and Gemini to write a blog post using information I provided about each of our four cats (“A tale of four cats: More observations from AI Country“).

Since it’s Feline Friday, I asked Gemini to rewrite it in the style of Dr. Seuss.

The result is a lot of fun!

Enjoy!

A Tale of four cats
by Gemini, in the style of Dr. Seuss

In a house in Hawaii, with a wide wooden floor,
Stood a big see-through-wall that was two sliding doors!
Through the doors you could see, past the green grassy ground,
Two big Mango trees, the most famous around!

In this house lived four cats of four different kinds,
With four different feelings and four different minds.

There was Kali the Queen, on her Looky-Loft high,
Who’d sneer a cat-sneer as the world drifted by.
“This bookshelf is MY shelf! It’s the best in the house!”
She’d say to a gecko, a bug, or a mouse.

Next, Kinikini, a round orange blur,
With a marble-y, swirly-whirl pattern of fur.
(His name meant a marble, a fun game to play,
But HE didn’t play in a fun sort of way!)

He’d hog the best sun-spot, this big orange chap,
And growl from the middle of his afternoon nap.
“This patch is MY patch! It is shiny and hot!
You may not, you cannot, sit here in my spot!”

And then there was Bessie, a sweet, timid dear,
Who wished that the other two weren’t quite so near.
She just wanted to sit and to watch the birds fly,
But the Queen and the Boss always made Bessie cry!
They’d hiss and they’d huff with a grump and a glare,
“There’s no room for YOU here! Not on floor! Not on chair!”

But the fourth cat was Kiko, with spots black and white!
Kiko thought sharing was perfectly right!
She saw the glum faces, the sourpuss mugs,
The un-shared warm places for feline-ly hugs!

She saw Kinikini, asleep in his sun,
“His bossing and huffing is DONE!” she said. “DONE!”
She creeped and she crawled with a twitch of her chin,
Then she pounced on his tail with a giggle and grin!

He woke with a jump! “What the WHO-HA is that?”
Then he chased the small, zippity, fun-loving cat!
They zoomed and they zipped with a whizz and a whirr!
A zippity, zappity, flurry of fur!

They flopped in a heap, not a hiss, not a frown,
The bossiest cat in that tropical town!
He’d forgotten his grump, he’d forgotten his pout,
Playing chase-the-Kiko was more fun, no doubt!

Then Kiko saw Kali, perched high on her throne,
Guarding her Looky-Loft, all on her own.
Kiko found a blue bottle-cap, shiny and bright,
And flicked it straight up with a ping and a light!

The Queen gave a blink with her calico eye,
She couldn’t just let that blue bottle-cap fly!
She tapped it back down with a delicate THWACK!
Kiko bounced it right up! And the Queen bounced it back!

Then Kiko saw Bessie, so sad and so meek,
A tear might have rolled down her soft, furry cheek.
Kiko walked over softly, no game and no chase,
And she gave gentle Bessie a lick on the face.

She led the shy cat to the big see-through door,
Where they hadn’t dared sit on the floor right before.
They watched the red Flitter-Birds fly to and fro,
Putting on a most wonderful bird-watching show!

Then Kali came over! And Kinikini too!
What else were these happy-cats going to do?
They all sat together and watched the birds soar,
Kali, Kiko, and Bessie, and Kinikini, all four!

So the moral is this, it is simple and true,
For cats and for people, for me and for you.
That a spot is just a spot, whether sunny or high,
But a much, MUCH better spot with a friend sitting by!