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The Greek version of the fable recorded by Babrius concerns a cat that pretends to be a sack hanging from a peg in order to deceive the chickens, but his disguise is seen through by a rooster. This is numbered 79 in the Perry Index. William Caxton tells a very much amplified story of the rats that are the cat's victims. These hold a council and ...
It contrasts with The Cat and an Old Rat (III.18), in which an experienced rat is too canny to be taken in by a cat's tricks and takes care to address it at a distance. In The fisherman and the little fish (V.3), however, a young carp makes almost the same appeal when it is caught - and with as little success.
The Game of Rat and Dragon" is a science fiction short story by American author Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966). It was written in 1954 [ 1 ] and published in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1955. It is set in the far future, though no date is given.
Ratcat are an Australian indie rock band from Sydney who formed in 1985. The band is fronted by mainstay vocalist and guitarist, Simon Day. Their combination of indie pop song writing and energetic punk-style guitar rock won them fans from both the indie and skate-punk communities.
Rat-a-Tat Cat is a memory card game designed by Monty and Ann Stambler [1] and published by Gamewright. It won a Mensa Select award in 1996. The Washington Post described it as "like poker for kids".
A print showing cats and mice from a 1501 German edition of Aesop's Fables. This list of fictional rodents is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and covers all rodents, including beavers, mice, chipmunks, gophers, guinea pigs, hamsters, marmots, prairie dogs, porcupines and squirrels, as well as extinct or prehistoric species.
Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354 – 1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. [1] The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made through the sale of his cat to a rat-infested country.
David Stratton from At the Movies wrote, "RATS AND CATS is a sort-of comedy, very laid-back and meandering, and it's mostly content to explore life in this little town and some of its inhabitants."