The cat and the samurai have been fighting for five minutes, and the cat has already killed half of the opponent. The cat is afraid that the samurai will kill him, but the cat reminds him that his karate is merely a sport, and that he is going to die. He tells the cat that the first cat he saw was "a keen black cat" , the second was a tiger cat, the third was a "wise old gray cat," the fourth was a rat, the fifth was a mouse, the sixth was a cheshire cat, and so on. He says that the tale of the cat is an allegory to illustrate the stages of martial arts education. He wants to spar with the cat, but she is not the one he wants to see.