Animal-Simply the Best

WHEN YOU WERE BORN YOU WERE SO SWEET,
WITH A BIG FLUFFY TAIL AND FOUR WHITE FEET.
WITHIN A FEW WEEKS WE'D FOUND YOU A NAME,
PIGGY IT WAS-ANY FOOD WAS FAIR GAME!
AFTER A WHILE A WHILE WE CHANGED IT TO ANIMAL,
BUT ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR TAIL WE NICKNAMED YOU FLAMMABLE.
THERE WERE 9 OTHER KITTENS AND YOU'D ALL PLAY,
TIL ONE BY ONE THEY ALL WENT AWAY.
EXCEPT PEANUT WHO STAYED ASWELL,
CHAOS ON LEGS, YOU BOTH GAVE US HELL!
YOU'D EAT, PLAY, EAT, AND WRECK THE HOUSE,
YOU WEREN'T FUSSY-STRING, BALL OR MOUSE.
YOU LOVED YOUR FOOD, ESPECIALLY THE MINCE,
DINNER TIME HASN'T BEEN THE SAME SINCE.
YOU SEE, WE FOUND OUT THAT YOU WERE DYING,
YOU DIDN'T HAVE LONG,
A MERE TWO DAYS AFTER THE TESTS AND YOU WERE GONE.
IT WASN'T FAIR FOR YOU TO DIE SO YOUNG,
BUT YOU WERE SUFFERING-IT HAD TO BE DONE.
IT'S BEEN A SAD TIME FOR US ALL,
EVERYONE MISSES YOU,BIG AND SMALL-
DANIEL AND PEANUT MORE THAN THE REST,
BECAUSE TO BOTH OF THEM YOU WERE THE BEST.
IN YOUR SHORT LIFE YOU GAVE US SO MUCH,
MEMORIES SO SPECIAL-NOTHING CAN TOUCH.
I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY, LOOKING DOWN FROM ABOVE,
WHEN WE THINK OF YOU ANIMAL-
IT WILL ALWAYS BE WITH LOVE.