John Kitching

VERSE 1
One cat, two cats, three cats, four
Four cats scratching,
At my gran's back door.

There are four cats scratching at the

back door of the writer grandparents'
house
VERSE 2
Five cats, six cats, seven cats,
eight,
Eight cats scratching
At my grandma's gate

The cats are scratching at the writer grandmother's gate

VERSE 3
Eight cats, seven cats, six cats, five
Five cats scratching
At the old bee-hive.

There are cats scratching at the

old bee hive.
VERSE 4
Four cats, three cats, two cats,
one,
One cat napping
In the noon-day sun.

The cat is napping in the sun

The poem tells about the cats outside
grandma's house and their types of
behaviour.