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Aesop's Fables: The Eagle, the Cat, and the Wild Sow
by Aesop The Wolf and the CraneThe Wolf and the SheepThe Eagle, the Cat, and the Wild Sow An Eagle built her nest at the top of a high tree; a Cat with her family occupied a hollow in the…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Catted Anarchist
130 132 The Catted Anarchist AN Anarchist Orator who had been struck in the face with a Dead Cat by some Respector of Law to him unknown, had the Dead Cat arrested and taken before a Magistrate…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Cat and the King
29 31 The Cat and the King A CAT was looking at a King, as permitted by the proverb. "Well," said the monarch, observing her inspection of the royal person, "how do you like me?" "I can imagine…Most Popular Dog and Cat Names, 2007
Rank Dogs Cats 1. Max Max 2. Molly Tigger 3. Jake Smokey 4.…Brewer's: Nimble as a Cat on a hot Bake-stone
In a great hurry to get away. The bake-stone in the north is a large stone on which bread and oat-cakes are baked. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Nimble as…leopard
(Encyclopedia) leopard, large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera pardus, widely distributed in Africa and Asia. It is commonly yellow, buff, or gray, patterned with black spots and rings. The…Beatty, Ned Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Beatty, Ned Thomas, 1937-2021, American television and film actor, b. Louisville, Ky. Beatty began his career in regional theater,…basenji
(Encyclopedia) basenjibasenjibəsĕnˈjē [key], breed of medium-sized hound whose origins can be traced back several thousand years to Africa and the courts of the Egyptian pharaohs. It stands about 17…onomatopoeia
(Encyclopedia) onomatopoeiaonomatopoeiaŏnˌəmătˌəpēˈə [key] [Gr.,=word-making], in language, the representation of a sound by an imitation thereof; e.g., the cat mews. Poets often convey the meaning…ocelot
(Encyclopedia) ocelotocelotäsˈəlŏtˌ, ōˈsə– [key], medium-sized cat, Leopardus pardalis, of Central and South America. It is occasionally found as far N as Texas. The ocelot has a yellow-brown coat…Trending
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