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The Naming of Cats

The poem is about how cats have three different names - a common name used by the family, a fancier name, and a secret name that only the cat knows. It explains that cats need a special, dignified name in addition to everyday names so they can hold their tails high and be proud. While humans may be able to guess the common or fancier names, the true secret name of a cat is known only to the cat itself.

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The Naming of Cats

The poem is about how cats have three different names - a common name used by the family, a fancier name, and a secret name that only the cat knows. It explains that cats need a special, dignified name in addition to everyday names so they can hold their tails high and be proud. While humans may be able to guess the common or fancier names, the true secret name of a cat is known only to the cat itself.

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The Naming of Cats

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,


It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.

First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey—
All of them sensible everyday names.

There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,


Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter—
But all of them sensible (разумный) everyday names.

But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,


A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?

Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum (разнообразие),


Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.

But above and beyond (за и против) there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover—
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess (признавать).

When you notice a cat in profound meditation,


The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged (занятой) in a rapt (глубокий) contemplation (раздумья)
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:

His ineffable (невыразимый) effable


Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name

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