She went a little farther, and she met a cat. So she said, "Cat, cat, catch rat. Rat won't gnaw rope. Rope won't tie butcher. Butcher won't drive ox. Ox won't drink water. Water won't quench fire. Fire won't burn stick. Stick won't beat dog. Dog won't bite pig. Pig won't jump over the gate. And I won't get home tonight."
But the cat said to her, "If you will go to the cow over in the field and bring me a saucer of milk, I will catch the rat." So away went the old woman to the cow.
