Tabby tale

[Shelley123]

I belong to another forum and someone told me a lovely story about the tabby cat. It has a Christmas theme so sorry it's a bit late, or we could say it's early for 2010
In the stable Jesus wouldn't settle, a Tabby jumped into the manger with him and lay down, settling Jesus.
Mary marked the Tabbies head with an M.
When i checked out our two Tabbies i could see an M like marking on their foreheads, next doors also has one.

[Kay]

Yep all tabbies have the M on the forehead although I have never heard that tale. How lovely.

[dandysmom]

That's an old and well loved story about how the tabbys got their M; nice to have it again in case some haven't heard it. Thanks for posting!

[yola]

I'd never heard that. What a charming story.

[Shelley123]

I'd never heard it before and never noticed Tom and Jerries M's

[Kay]

Wonder if there any stories as to how the tabbies got their 'ribbons, oysters and butterflies, necklaces, bracelets and rings'?

[dandysmom]

Can't help with any of the above, but here's a story about the Siamese and how they got the kink in the tail and crossed eyes (before they were bred out!)

The Golden Goblet Once upon a time in the ancient kingdom of Siam (the story goes) there came a period of war when the men of the realm all went off to defend their country. They left behind a pair of male and female Siamese cats to guard a sacred golden goblet that had once been used by the Buddha.
After a romantic few days, doing as cats do when left to their own devices, the male, bored of his guard duties, wandered off to look for further pleasures.
The female, now pregnant, was left alone to guard the goblet. Overwhelmed with this responsibility, she wrapped her tail around its stem and fixed her eyes on it, never to let it out of her sight. She waited and stared, waited and stared, and hoped that the men would return before her kittens were due.
With all the staring her eyes developed a squint, and her tail became permanently bent from holding on to the goblet stem. The men did not return, and eventually, of course, the kittens could wait no longer.
They were finally born …
… and all of them had inherited her crossed eyes and kinked tail.

[Kay]

Awww that is lovely. Typical men though!!!

[Shelley123]

Originally Posted by Kay

Wonder if there any stories as to how the tabbies got their 'ribbons, oysters and butterflies, necklaces, bracelets and rings'?

what are these Kay

[Shelley123]

love the Golden goblet tale