The Owl and The Pussy Cat in my mind will always go together. I remember sitting on my Grandma's knee in front of a roaring fire being lulled to sleep with fairy storys and rhymes and loved the idea of a pea green boat.

David's cat prefers its food on the wing rather than from the sea. Unlike the ancient bejeweled cats of Egypt, this cat is adorned with a cloak of birds. They look like doves and so perhaps this is why our pussy has that innocent expression that clearly states "Who? Me? Of course I never would!"

At least two cats were specially painted and given out as prizes. Frank Fertado won one of them. We will add pictures of these if we can get them.

Odd Feline Facts
The weirdest cat on record was a female called Mincho who went up a tree in Argentina and didn't come down again until she died six years later. While treed, she managed to have three litters with equally ambitious dads.

Egyptians shaved their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when they lost a beloved cat.

Sir Isaac Newton, discoverer of the principles of gravity, also invented the cat door.

In ancient Egypt, it was punishable by death to kill a cat and the animals were believed to possess the power to influence human health and fertility and success of harvests.

Hebrew folklore believes that cats came about because Noah was afraid that rats might eat all the food on the ark. He prayed to God for help. God responded by making the lion sneeze a giant sneeze -- and out came a little cat!

The cat was the symbol of liberty in ancient Rome.

Black cat superstitions originated in America. In Asia and England, a black cat is considered lucky.