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"_ We once knew a young woman from Egypt who owned a magnificent pearl-gray cat .
As pearly and gray as a real pearl from the Pacific. His name was Honnen. The young woman told us that she wanted to find him a mate. So Honnen, wouldn't spend his nights howling at the Moon, in the Howling Season.
On an exceptionally sunny day, she left for the Great Pyramid, where cats were usually found sleeping _ on large desert stones , at the bottom of the Great Pyramid. Warm flat stones, soft to the touch of the cats' paws. When she arrived the sun was at its Zenith. High and higher than the Omnipresent Pyramid _ so it seemed, to her. It wasn't long before she spotted a beautiful, exquisite yellow cat . Sitting alone, as a King might do: high on one of the luscious stones. Its slightly opened eyes let a yellow light shine out, an unbelievable translucent yellow color born of the Sun? The young woman immediately thought of a god : Sun god. A god of life, of love and of true passion. She loved her own cat, Honnen, that way. She called the yellow-sun-god cat by its name: Arnanconan , she told him , come and live with me for ever. The cat didn't even looked at her , instead it slowly lifted itself , stretched his back , put a paw forward and slinky-like , let itself slid down from the lovely polished stone, where he'd been resting at that same spot, for thousands of years. As he dropped to her feet, his tail touched the young woman's leg. At first, she felt a slight sting , followed by the most horrendous pain . . . The desert wind rose above her head. . . Soon, burning desert sand covered her shivering body. As she closed her eyes for eternity , she saw the Great Pyramid fall backwards, letting a narrow opening , for her body to fit in.
. . ." love a cat once ,
it'll burn you twice. . ."
_An old Egyptian proverb
_ Story " A Yellow Cat " (c) 2010 by Bijou Le Tord . All rights belonged to the artist.
Part One.
_Image "L'Égyptienne" by Joan Miro _ Galerie Maeght, Paris
