There May Be Some Who've Wondered Why the Rat

Music: Fugue in Eb Minor. By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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There may be some who've wondered why the rat Happens to be first to have a year Exclusively devoted to his name. Yet clever, crafty creatures never fear: Eventually they'll win -- that's where they're at! And this is how it came about: The rat, Racing for the prize, fell towards the rear. Out of breath, he thought he'd lost the game. Fast rampaging Bull was drawing near; The problem was: How to reach his back? Here came by the lost, high-leaping cat. Eureka! Up they went, the two friends dear, Riding on the bull's back towards fame. At the last, Rat pushes Pussy clear, Then leaps ahead of Bull -- and that was that!