Clockwise Cats: The Prequel

A Brief History of the Deconstruction of Time
The devil waves his magic wand and three miniature skeletons
resting in an oversized coffin dance to life.
The skeletons leave the coffin in search of happiness. The first
skeleton climbs a ladder made of smoke. The second skeleton
jumps up a rope made of sleep. The third skeleton scales the
coffin using his bare hands.
The first skeleton wants to keep climbing to the moon. The
second skeleton desires to feel the rain on her face. The third
skeleton aspires to attain equilibrium.
The first skeleton says to the second skeleton, "If you come with
me, you can bathe in the tears from the moon."
The second skeleton says to the third skeleton, "If you come with
me, you can drink the tears from the moon."
So the three skeletons climb the ladder of smoke all the way up
to the moon. It takes them 666 hours divided by 2 with a square
root of 3.
The first skeleton lies down on the moon to rest. The moon
begins to cry quietly. The second skeleton bathes her face in the
moon's weeping. The third skeleton imbibes a goblet of the
moon's tears.
The moon, dried of her tears, dissolves into a cloud, and the
skeletons fall back to earth.