POUNCEY THE GARDENER !

This is 'Pouncey' the venerable farmyard

cat-in-residence at the Broderick farm in

Pallaskenry,Co. Limerick.

For 13 years he has prowled this patch

with occasional 'breaks' for nefararious feline

activities ! In this picture 'Pouncey' tries

a spot of gardening,lying down beside a

withered hydranga blossom.

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THE PRAYER OF THE CAT

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Oh my master, do not take me for a slave,

for I have in me a taste for liberty:

Do not seek to divine my secrets,

for I have in me a taste for mystery;

Do not constrain me with caresses,

for I have in me a taste for modesty,

Do not humiliate me,

for I have in me a taste for pride,

Do not abandon me,

for I have in me a taste for fidelity,

Love me and I will love thee,

for I have in me a taste for friendship.