From the Book, Charles: About the Naming of Cats
09/28/18 • 6 min
This episode is taken from an out-of-print book from 1952 titled, Charles—The Story of a Friendship. The book is about distinguished British publisher, Michael Joseph's relationship with his Siamese Cat named Charles. In this episode Mr. Joseph discusses that the names given to individual cats shed interesting light on their human owners.
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This episode is taken from an out-of-print book from 1952 titled, Charles—The Story of a Friendship. The book is about distinguished British publisher, Michael Joseph's relationship with his Siamese Cat named Charles. In this episode Mr. Joseph discusses that the names given to individual cats shed interesting light on their human owners.
Remember to subscribe to this podcast, and we'd love a "Five-Paw" review!
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Cleveland Amory's, The Letters
Phebe Phillips shares with you a few letter about cats. After Cleveland Amory wrote his first book, The Cat Who Came for Christmas, about the stray he rescued, later naming Polar Bear, he received a lot of letters from cat owners. Two of his favorite letters were about a cat named Jose—taken from Amory's Cat-Smartness file, and a cat named Arthur, taken from his Siamese file.
This excerpt is taken from Compleat Cat, a compilation of Amory's three books. It picks up on page 302 in the second chapter, titled Cat Power.
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Cat and Mouse's Christmas Poem
Phebe Phillips reads her classic, charming Holiday poem, Cat and Mouse's Christmas, about a friendship between a cat, and a mouse.
Cat and Mouse’s Christmas
by Phebe Phillips
written December 12, 2018
On the night before Christmas, inside the warm house,
Cat was stirring, in preparation for tea with Mouse.
He mulled catnip, camomile, dutch lavender, and peppermint drops.
He cubed cheddar, and swiss. He made havarti cream pops.
They laughed and told stories, they giggled—tee-hee .
Cat and Mouse, great friends they would be.
They looked at the tree,
and hid in the branches.
They played cat and mouse,
and did silly dances.
Cat gifted Mouse scraps of yarn from his ball.
Mouse gifted Cat a felted acorn he found last Fall.
Daylight was breaking, it was time to go home.
They hugged and rubbed whiskers, made hearts with their tails.
Christmas Day was waking, cloudless and bright.
Said Cat to Mouse, “Merry Christmas my friend. I’ll see you tonight.”
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