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32. I now have two cats, one mostly white and his brother, mostly yellow.

I named the white one after the eponymous cat in a 1,200 year old poem, White Pangur. So his brother is Yellow Pangur, Pangur Buí. And don't ask what "pangur" means, you don't want to know, even if means that you would be forever grateful for cotton and synthetic fabrics.


I and Pangur Bán, my cat,
  'Tis a like task we are at;

  Hunting mice is his delight,

  Hunting words I sit all night.

 Better far than praise of men

  'Tis to sit with book and pen;

  Pangur bears me no ill-will,

  He, too, plies his simple skill.

 'Tis a merry thing to see

  At our tasks how glad are we,

  When at home we sit and find

  Entertainment to our mind.

 Oftentimes a mouse will stray

  In the hero Pangur's way;

  Oftentimes my keen thought set

  Takes a meaning in its net.

 'Gainst the wall he sets his eye

  Full and fierce and sharp and sly;

  'Gainst the wall of knowledge I

  All my little wisdom try.

 When a mouse darts from its den,

  O! how glad is Pangur then;

  O! what gladness do I prove

  When I solve the doubts I love.

 So in peace our task we ply,

  Pangur Bán, my cat, and I;

  In our arts we find our bliss,

  I have mine, and he has his.

 Practice every day has made

  Pangur perfect in his trade;

  I get wisdom day and night,

  Turning darkness into light.