I'm guessing they're all generated by AI.
On March 11, 889, a 22-year-old Japanese emperor wrote in his diary about his new black cat.
“On the 6th Day of the 2nd Month of the First Year of the Kampo era. Taking a moment of my free time, I wish to express my joy of the cat. It arrived by boat as a gift to the late Emperor, received from the hands of Minamoto no Kuwashi.
The color of the fur is peerless. None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink. It has an air about it, similar to Kanno. Its length is 5 sun, and its height is 6 sun. I affixed a bow about its neck, but it did not remain for long.
In rebellion, it narrows its eyes and extends its needles. It shows its back.
When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a coin. You cannot see its feet. It’s as if it were circular Bi disk. When it stands, its cry expresses profound loneliness, like a black dragon floating above the clouds.
By nature, it likes to stalk birds. It lowers its head and works its tail. It can extend its spine to raise its height by at least 2 sun. Its color allows it to disappear at night.
I am convinced it is superior to all other cats.”
Hah, @MissAdventurous I usually can sympathize on some way with your posts but this last one…
Ouch. That level of alone sounds like the exact opposite of living to me.
But to each their own! Thanks for this and many other valuable posts.
In 1421 AD, a flood swept through the Netherlands, submerging 72 villages and drowning between 2,000 & 10,000 people. Survivors saw a piece of wood floating on the water, and a cat was jumping back and forth on it.
People wanted to save it, but they were surprised to find a child sleeping peacefully. The cat was alternately jumping on the edges of the bed to maintain its balance so that the child would not drown.
This story was very famous in the Netherlands, and 4 centuries later the event was immortalized in the painting “The Inundation of The Biesbosch in 1421” by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
This story is the origin of the wording “the cat’s in the craddle”
The baby was named Beatrijs / Beatrix when she was found, which means “the bringer of good luck / joy” but also “the lucky one” Although nowadays it’s not a commonly known story in majority of The Netherlands anymore, it is known to those who grew up in the Biesbosch area.
@MissAdventurous I really like that last one, but they’re all great! (Yours too @tiffanybaby - I love those…) But MissAdventurous if there could be a job finding good quotes, you’d deserve it!
When things get bad enough, the kitten will kill the lion - Charles Bukowski
“CAT” is a poem written by Sam Gamgee and recorded in the Red Book of Westmarch. It was published as the twelfth poem in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962), and the illustration herein is by Pauline Baynes for the poem.
The fat cat on the mat may seem to dream of nice mice that suffice for him, or cream; but he free, maybe, walks in thought unbowed, proud, where loud roared and fought his kin, lean and slim, or deep in den in the East feasted on beasts and tender men.
The giant lion with iron claw in paw, and huge ruthless tooth in gory jaw; the pard, dark-starred, fleet upon feet, that oft soft from aloft leaps on his meat where woods loom in gloom-- far now they be, fierce and free, and tamed is he; but fat cat on the mat kept as a pet, he does not forget.