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Ah, cats. Gotta love 'em.

I recently got into a random Japanese folklore binge -- and discovered that their cat-related myths are most intriguing. A good chunk of them, if not all, involve the cat turning into a monster and eating people, but they aren't always portrayed as bad things. (Anyone ever seen those little cat statues with their paws extended? Case in point.)

One such story involves a childless elderly couple. They take in a stray cat out of the kindness of their hearts, despite the fact that they ain't doin' so good financially. They treat the kitty like their own daughter. One day the cat goes missing and a woman appears on their doorstep; not only does she claim to be the cat, but she also promises to repay their kindness to her.

The woman takes on the guise of a geisha -- and a darn good one at that. People travel for miles just to see her perform. Everyone from the peasantry to the nobility praises her as the best dancer/entertainer they've ever seen. And that old couple? Yeah, they're not broke anymore.

Anyway, it ends with someone finding out she's a cat and telling everyone and then the cat goes AAAARARAWR YOU JERKFACE and eats him, the end. Kind of a downer, but hey, it started out good!

So... yeah.

Description
Ah, cats. Gotta love 'em.

I recently got into a random Japanese folklore binge -- and discovered that their cat-related myths are most intriguing. A good chunk of them, if not all, involve the cat turning into a monster and eating people, but they aren't always portrayed as bad things. (Anyone ever seen those little cat statues with their paws extended? Case in point.)

One such story involves a childless elderly couple. They take in a stray cat out of the kindness of their hearts, despite the fact that they ain't doin' so good financially. They treat the kitty like their own daughter. One day the cat goes missing and a woman appears on their doorstep; not only does she claim to be the cat, but she also promises to repay their kindness to her.

The woman takes on the guise of a geisha -- and a darn good one at that. People travel for miles just to see her perform. Everyone from the peasantry to the nobility praises her as the best dancer/entertainer they've ever seen. And that old couple? Yeah, they're not broke anymore.

Anyway, it ends with someone finding out she's a cat and telling everyone and then the cat goes AAAARARAWR YOU JERKFACE and eats him, the end. Kind of a downer, but hey, it started out good!

So... yeah.