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Curiosity Killed the Cat

The barnyard, and everything with four legs in it.

No. 1433 haiga4:22
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The barnyard, and everything with four legs in it — the set’s comedy of proverbs, arranged like a walk around the farm. Cats first, since curiosity killed one (it took ten tries). Then the dogs waiting at the top of the stairs, then the pigs, happy in the mud and fully committed to breakfast. Then the smaller creatures and their sayings: the second mouse, two pigeons with one bean, two rabbits, flies and honey. Monkeys, Icarus, and an elephant in the room lead to the finale, where the old sayings pile into one another — raining cats and dogs, a pig in a poke — and someone admits there is more than one way to skin a cat.

The haiga, in order

33 haiga · as they appear in the video
  1. the thing we all know / about curiosity / is it killed a cat
  2. curiosity / killed the cat but it still took / ten tries to do it
  3. one of the best things / about being a cat is / outsmarting humans
  4. cats like to get tongues / but no one really knows what / they will do with them
  5. purring of the cat / is it music; is it song / when a bird whistles
  6. sometimes I feel like / a cat on a kite flying / through a thunderstorm
  7. no one ever asks / who put the cat in the bag / or why they did it
  8. the best way to get / acceptance and approval / is to be a dog
  9. the dog is waiting / at the top of the staircase / for you to come home
  10. all puppies are cute / it’s only when they become / dogs that problems start
  11. old dogs learn new tricks / about as often as you / spend time teaching them
  12. inside each little / dog is a fierce warrior / yearning to get out
  13. the happiest pigs / are the ones playing in the / deepest mud puddles
  14. the best thing about / being a pig is no one / thinks you are human
  15. when you wrestle with / a pig, you'll get muddy and / the pig will like it
  16. the quiet sow gets / the food of the grunting one / so shut up and eat
  17. eggs and bacon means / chickens are involved but the / pigs are committed
  18. pigs get fed while hogs / get slaughtered, so take what you / need not what you can
  19. but if you can teach / a pig how to sing, the pig / will be your best friend
  20. the early bird may / get the worm but the second / mouse will get the cheese
  21. the mice like to play / once the cat has gone away / but sometimes, they dance
  22. catching two pigeons / with just one bean beats killing / two birds with one stone
  23. sparrows and wrens fight / one to protect their eggs and / one to destroy them
  24. when you try to chase / two rabbits you will end up / not catching either
  25. it is best to catch / flies with honey but the news / paper works as well
  26. even monkeys fall / from trees and feed the gators / so watch how you climb
  27. holding a peanut / in a jar is one way to / learn you're a monkey
  28. if icarus had / just listened to his dad this / would have turned out fine
  29. elephants in rooms / are often ignored until / you step in their poo
  30. a butterfly is / just another word for a / dead caterpillar
  31. everyone knows your / pig in a poke is really / a cat in a bag
  32. stepping in poodles / is a consequence of it / raining cats and dogs
  33. there is really more / than one way to skin a cat / or so someone said
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