Prompt: "At the edge of the forest, a green oak tree stands;
A golden chain hangs on that oak:
Day and night, the learned cat
Walks around in circles on the chain;
When he goes to the right, he starts to sing,
When he goes to the left, he tells a tale.",
Whirling snowstorms all around;
Sometimes it howls like a beast,
Sometimes it cries like a child;
It rustles suddenly on the worn-out roof,
As if with straw,
Then, like a belated traveler,
It knocks on our window."