"Macavity: The Mystery Cat" has been composed by T. S. Eliot. He was born in 26 September, 1888 in Missouri, America and died in 4 January, 1965 Kensington, England. His full name is Thomas Stearns Eliot OM. He was Poet, Essayist publisher, playwright and editor. He was an American-English Poet. He won The Noble Prize in Literature and Order of Merit in 1948. His famous works are:- "The Wasteland(1922)", "Four Quartets(1941)", "Ash Wednesday(1930)" etc.

Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw-

For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.

He's the bafflement of Scotland yard, the Flying Squad's despair:

For when they reach the scene of crime — Macavity's not there!

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,

He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.

His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare,

And when you reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!

You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air -

But I tell you once and once again, Macavity's not there!

Macavity's a ginger cat; he's very tall and thin;

You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.

His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed;

His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.

He sways his head from side to side, with movement like a snake;

And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake.

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,

For he's fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.

You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square -

But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there!

He's outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.)

And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard's.

And when the larder's looted, or the jewel-case is rifled,

Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke's been stifled,

Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair -

Ay, there's the wonder of the thing! Macavity's not there!

And when the Foreign Office find a Treaty's gone astray,

Or the Admiraltry lose some plans and drawings by the way,

There may be a scrap of paper in the hall or on the stair -

But it's useless to investigate, - Macavity's not there!

And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say:

'It must have been Macavity!' - but he's a mile away.

You'll be sure to find him resting, or a-licking of his thumbs,

Or engaged in doing complicated long division sums.

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,

There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.

He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:

At whatever time the deed took place -

MACAVITY WASN'T THERE!

And they say that all the Cats whose

wicked deeds are widely known

(I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone)

Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time

Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!

1. Defy : अनादर करना

2. Bafflement: उलझना, हैरानी

3. Scotland yard: लंदन पुलिस का मुख्यालय

4. Levitation: वायु में तैरना

5. Fakir: भिखारी

6. Ginger: दुबला पतला

7. Domed: गुम्बद के आकर का

8. Fiend: दुस्ट, राक्षक

9. Feline: बिल्ली के परिवार का एक जानवर

10. Depravity: बुराई

11. Larder: भोजन रखने के लिए

12. Rifled: तलासी लेना

13. Stifled: दम घुटना , दबाया हुआ

14. Trellis: जाफरी

15. Treaty's gone astray: हिंसक इकरारनामा

16. Disclosed: प्रकट करना

17. A- licking of thumbs: किसी के सफलता का मूल्यांकन करना

18. Deceitfulness: दोखेबाज़

19. Suavity: चापलुसीपूर्ण

20. Alibi: बहाना

21. Stare: घूरना

22. Basement: तहखाना

23. Sunken: धँसी, धसना

24. Dusty: धूल भरा

25. Neglect: उपेक्षा

26. Whiskers: मूँछ

27. Uncombed: उलघे

28. Looted: लूटना

29. Jewel- case: गहने का डिब्बा

30. Admiralty: नौवाहन विभाग

31. Investigate: खोज बिन

32. Complicated: उलझा हुआ

33. Spare: अतिरिक्त

34. Deed: काम होना

35. Wicked: शैतान