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The Rainbow Bridge is a meadow where animals wait for their humans to join them, and the bridge that takes them all to Heaven, together. The Rainbow Bridge is the theme of several works written first in 1959, then in the 1980s and 1990s, that speak of an other-worldly place where pets go upon death, eventually to be reunited with their owners.
The term "cat lady" has also been used as a pejorative term towards women without children, regardless of if they actually own cats. [2] [3] Depending on context, the ordinarily pejorative word "crazy" may be prepended to "cat lady" to indicate either a pejorative [1] or a humorous and affectionate label. [4]
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: T. S. Eliot: Companion to Mungojerrie, a white fluffy Persian queen who first appears in the poem Growltiger's Last Stand. She inadvertently leads to the demise of her suitor, the dreaded Growltiger, at the hands (paws) of a gang of Siamese cats. Growltiger: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: T. S. Eliot ...
On the other hand, the women in the tales who do speak up are framed as wicked. Cinderella's stepsisters' language is decidedly more declarative than hers, and the woman at the center of the tale "The Lazy Spinner" is a slothful character who, to the Grimms' apparent chagrin, is "always ready with her tongue."
Louis Le Breton's illustration of a grimalkin from the Dictionnaire Infernal. A grimalkin, also known as a greymalkin, is an archaic term for a cat. [1] The term stems from "grey" (the colour) plus "malkin", an archaic term with several meanings (a low class woman, a weakling, a mop, or a name) derived from a hypocoristic form of the female name Maud. [2]
A review by Horn Book Review for both Rising Storm and A Dangerous Path was also positive writing "The fourth and fifth entries in the series continue the development of the complex, dynamic characters". [13] However, Children's Literature was not as positive, saying it was getting hard to remember all of the characters' relatives and leaders. [12]
4 time) and a "manic patter" section (in 7 8 time). The London version was later rewritten to incorporate some aspects of its Broadway counterpart. [9] Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer dance throughout their number and perform acrobatic feats, [4] including their "trademark" two-person cartwheels. [10] [11]
Tailchaser's Song is a fantasy novel by American writer Tad Williams.First released on November 21, 1985, it is Williams' first published work. [1] [2]The story focuses on a personified cat named Fritti Tailchaser, set in a world of other anthropomorphic animals who live in their natural environments but each have their own language, mythology, and culture.