An old Christmas cat story....

I've read this before, but not for several years:

"When the baby Jesus was lying in the manger he started to shiver with
the cold. Mary covered the baby with blankets but still he kept
shivering. Mary then ask all the animals to move closer to the manger so
that their body heat would warm Jesus.

The animals stood as close to the manger as they could but the baby
Jesus remained cold and shivering. After a time a small cat with tabby
markings jumped into the manger and snuggled next to Jesus. Before long
the baby had stopped shivering and was sound asleep, contented and warm.

In her gratitude to the tabby Mary made the mark of her own initial,
upon the cat's forehead so that tabby cats will forever remind the world
of how they saved Jesus from the cold."


And now, I have a tabby cat. And Lorelei has an 'M' on her forehead, too


~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^..^

"Life without cats would be only marginally worth living."
-TC, in loving memory of the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico
kitty, Kenzie.

Every day was a treasure with Kenzie; I tried to treat them that way.
There would only be so many, and now, there will never, ever, be any
more

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein