Then he sat on his bed and laughed in a silly drunken fashion while the kitten lapped and lapped at the milk as if it would never leave off. And, in the eyes of the kitten, the dirty drunken man with his silly drunken chuckle was a messenger of infinite mercy. From A Kitten In [Open This Episode]
The Cat Who Came for Christmas
“I got for the first time a good look at the cat’s eyes peering at us. They were the first beautiful thing I ever noticed about him. They were a soft and lovely and radiant green.” That’s a quote from The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory This episode is taken from, one [Open This Episode]
The Cats of Ulthar by Lovecraft
“Even when little Atal, the innkeeper’s son, vowed that he had at twilight seen all the cats of Ulthar in that accursed yard under the trees, pacing very slowly and solemnly in a circle around the cottage, two abreast, as if in performance of some unheard-of rite of beasts,” That’s a quote from The Cats [Open This Episode]
Tobermory, by Saki
“…and do you really ask us to believe, Sir Wilfred was saying, that you have discovered a means for instructing animals in the art of human speech, and that dear old Tobermory has proved your first successful pupil?” From Tobermory, written by H.H. Munro (Hector Hugo), pen name—Saki Tobermory, written in 1911, is a masterpiece [Open This Episode]
The Boy Who Drew Cats
“Whenever he found himself alone he drew cats. He drew them on the margins of the Priest’s books, and on all the screens of the temple, and the walls, and the pillars. Several times the Priest told him this was not right, but the boy did not stop drawing cats, he drew them because he [Open This Episode]
Mr. Cat, and The Black Velvet Bow
“If you ever meet Lillian Gish, and she is wearing a black velvet bow, ask her if Mr. Cat gave it to her.” Mr. Cat by George Freedley Mr. Cat came to live with George in 1943 as a four-month-old kitten from a New York City pet shop. This podcast cannot do justice to how [Open This Episode]