I remember a song we learned in kindergarten during Halloween. For some reason it has stayed with me for decades:
"Black cat, black cat
looking for a witch.
All around the night is
dark as pitch.
You can see me
'cause your eyes are green.
Black cat, black cat
this is Halloween."
"Looking for a witch?" Was that what black cats really did? As a five year old, I was fascinated. The idea that a black cat had some kind of mystical importance over other cats was something I pondered quite a bit when I was little. No wonder I still remember that Halloween song they taught us at Montessori school. It was my first introduction to the intoxicating allure of black cats.
We had dogs but no cats at this time, and I was sort of obsessed with cats. When we went to the farm store to buy feed for the horses, I would run through the storehouse trying in vain to catch one of the wild kittens who lived there. The man behind the counter told me that if I caught one, I could keep it. Then he and my dad would laugh in that way grownups do while I stumbled and panted in pursuit through the stacked aisles of feed, knowing I'd NEVER be able to catch one of those sleek, feral kittens. I always wanted to catch a black one.
The satanic myths and superstitions that centuries ago cost black cats their lives have mostly faded away. But every October, you see on social media pleas for people to keep their black cats inside around Halloween (I think cats of all colors should be inside all the time), because Satanists might catch them and offer them as sacrifices. Really? With all the neglect, abuse, and apathy that cats today face, we're still focused on this? It reminds me of the Satanic cult craze of the 1980s, when people were convincing themselves that their friends, family, and neighbors were secret devil worshippers...though no evidence ever came to light and in the end, it was just hysteria and gossip that caused all the accusations (um, have we learned nothing from the Salem witch trials of 1692-93? Nope). Dangers to people, cats, dogs, and other animals tends to not wear such imaginative faces. Evil usually looks pretty normal on the outside.
But back to those amazing black cats! I have always loved them and look forward to someday welcoming an inky-coated friend into our family of resident cats. (we currently serve four gray tabbies, a pure white cat, and a siamese). Until then, I'll savor the beauty and sweetness of my black foster cats and kittens. Come join us in this video and let yourself be bewitched!
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27 окт 2021
