Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Kit's New Name

Well, we think we have finally found the perfect name for our wool stealing, wrestling kitten. We originally named her Ode which is Hebrew for 'yet again, another', but it never really stuck. Rodent and Pest were other names we toyed with, but she never responded. So we have been referring to her as Kit. After picking up balls of wool from where ever she drops them after stealing them the last couple of months, we were sure she had been a sheep dog in a past life. This too did not create any response in her.
Recently, I reread the Terry Pratchett/Tiffany Aching series ("Wee Free Men", "Hat Full of Sky" and "Wintersmith") and realized the aweful truth! She was a Nac Mac Feegle!
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nac_Mac_Feegle )
Looking directly at her, I said, "Are you a Feegle?" and she ran over and jumped on my lap! She has been coming whenever we call her name now.

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