| We have long associated catswith the supernatural, the myste-rious, the unknown elements ofanimal nature that may beendowed with powers beyondours. Perhaps this is because catsare so mysterious in their essen-tially paradoxical nature: theycan see in darkness, they canmove silently, they are flexibleand acrobatic enough to seemto defy the laws of physics, theycan fall from great heights with-out injuring themselves, theycatch and kill for sport, they arealoof and apparently self-suffi-cient-yet, with all these abilities,they live with us, under our verynoses. They seem strangersamong us. Unlike dogs, cats arewith us, but they are not of us.The ancient Egyptians worshipedthe cat, probably for its mouse-catching abilities,so important in a |
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