Or:

Late last night, in the early hours of the morning,
An empty lorry full of bricks ran over a dead cat,
And nearly killed it.
We rushed it, slowly, to hospital.
It had to walk all the way.
They said it was in perfect health,
And would die the following day.
There will be a private fueral.
Everyone's invited.

It seems many lines in this sort of nonsense verse are freely interchangeable.

Cheers