There is an Indian folk tale about the tiger and the tiger's child. It's a parable about domestication. The tiger is distracted by the tiger's child and lets his fire burn out. He sends his child to the man village to bring back fire so that he can cook their food; he cannot go himself as the people in the man village are afraid of him. The tiger's child reaches the man village where he is admired and spoiled by the people. He falls asleep in front of a fire and turns into a cat, forgetting why he came to the village. Since that time the tiger has always eaten his food raw. And the cat has always lived among people.I mention this only because my wife and I were in the kitchen earlier and while she danced around in her nightwear, a bottle of wine to the good, I admired the effect that the descaler I was using was having on the grimly geological deposits around the base of the mixer tap.
I was once a tiger. Now I am Bagpuss. Emily loves me. If I could just find out where she lives I'd be set.
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Interesting - I'll come back and read again ;)
Bagpuss?
Is that like pussy whipped?
Bagpuss is a saggy old cloth cat, baggy, and a little loose at the seams. Which is not to say I'm not pussy whipped.
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