Song of the Big Bad Cat

The Bai-hu, who has seen it
In their own lives? In the land
Of more cats than you can count,

It’s been a game a long time
For gangs of small cats to claim
They are Bai-hu, while they steal

Grain and eat the mice they blame.
You won’t find a big cat left
That is not, in fact, small cats

Piled up to seem fierce and grand—
Much worse than one big, bad cat.
Might as well stay at Mount Tai.