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Fabled Felines

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Fabled Felines is, if you will, the fictional equivalent of the Famous section of our site. At the moment we have Charles Perrault's Puss in Boots story; the tale of Dick Whittington and his cat; the Bremen Town Musicians, by the Brothers Grimm; one of Jean de la Fontaine's fables that includes a cat; the possible origins of Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat; and from Latvia the tale of Pussy's Water Mill. Yet to come are as many other tales and stories featuring our furry friends as we can find.

There are also photographs and an account of my visit to the Ypres Cat Festival (Kattenstoet) in Belgium during 2003; it is included because it draws together a number of strands of the cat's place in history and legend. The festival is held every three years, most recently in May 2006: several readers have kindly contributed their photos of this year's festival.

Contents

The Ypres Cat Festival (Kattenstoet)
including many photos from the 2003 Festival.
Also a separate gallery of images from the 2006 Festival kindly contributed by readers.

The Cheshire Cat

Dick Whittington and his Cat

The Story of Puss in Boots

Pussy's Water Mill

The Marsh Cat of Parkgate

The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine

The Bremen Town Musicians

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Our featured feline at the head of the page: it was with great regret that I decided to let Pushkin be 'put to sleep' early in 2006, following intractable health problems, a gloomy prognosis and a much diminished quality of life. He was a 'rescue cat' of uncertain age, but I would guess 12 years or more. He will be remembered with great affection as a cat with perfect manners: a gentle soul who seemed even more inscrutable than the average feline. There is a small tribute to him here.

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