Incoherent Scribblings

Story Time

As we all know, cats are very vain creatures. It was this very vanity that resulted in the infamous cat’s meow.

For you see, long ago in ancient Egypt when cats were worshipped they could also talk and their favorite thing to say was “Me so pretty.” (Hey I said they could talk. I didn’t say they had good grammar!) They said it whenever they happened to stroll by a mirror, when they were being groomed, while they were guarding the grain storage from mice, after they had dinner, before they were tucked into bed at night, and pretty much at any other time they felt like it.

By and by came a queen who enjoyed favor with the gods and goddesses, but didn’t especially care for cats. She grew weary of hearing them say “Me so pretty” over and over again and finally had a conference with the gods and goddesses voicing her displeasure. The queen learned that the gods and goddesses were also tired of the cats’ vanity. So they decided to give her a special power to punish the cats for their vanity once and for all. With her new power, the queen would be able to take away the cats’ power of speech, except for the last word they uttered when she cast her spell.

The next morning, the queen went for a walk in her garden and found that instead of guarding the precious grain storage from mice like he was supposed to be doing, the head cat was sitting in front of a mirror and cooing “Me so beautiful,” while being groomed.

Furious, the queen decided to use her power. She swiftly came up behind the cat and as he started to say “Me so pretty” once again, she accidentally stepped on his tail right after he said “Me.” Because she stepped on his tail, in the same breath that the cat uttered “Me” it was followed by “Ow!” It was at this very moment that the queen cast her spell and the last word curse was cast on all of catkind.

From then on the only word they could utter would be “Me..Ow!”… And so it was done. The cats lost their power of speech and were demoted to having to use only one word (meow) to voice all of their feelings; whether they were happy, sad, angry, or sorry.

The moral of the story is that vanity can be painful. The End.