On the cold days,

Minnie comes inside,

she likes to go in the dark basement,

and sleep in the warm corners,

she sometimes chases mice,

she is shy of strange people,

but friends of all the animals.

She thinks she is a chicken,

she grew up with them in a big barn,

she burrows holes in they hay bales

to keep warm,

and sleeps curled up next to Maria, when she can.

She has three legs, and uses them well,

she curls up into a ball near the wood stove.