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Tumblr Thread: Modern-Day Cat And Emu Folklore

Just in time for spooky month, tumblr decides to bring up one of our favorite threads. It combines two of our favorite animals: awwdorable black cats (duh) and the mildly terrifying yet adorable emu as well as folklore. Modern folklore. And we are so into it, we had to get you guys to see it too. 

There is nothing we love more than reading animal stories, and tumblr truly has a talent at making those as good as they get. That story about the woman and the cat with the key around its neck is still in our heads to this day. And this story about the two black cats coming to visit a baby sure does not disappoint either. 

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    Cat - catscenter Follow

    No, forget the folklore for half a second, please, and take in this picture. No one it inspired such an intense story. These two cats are so fascinated with this child, it is kind of hilarious. There is fear in their eyes just as much as there is fascination. Goodness, we can't wait to see how our cats will react when we have babies. 

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    Azure - stele3 Follow The witches have come to lay their claim. bunjywunjy Follow a pair of mischievous goblins examine their new charge

    And now, back to the folklore. All it took is this one line, declaring these black cats as wishes, for tumblr to go off and get super creative. This is what we love about tumblr stories - they never go where you expect them to, but you are always happy about the destination once you get there. 

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    Font - endisni Ebony and Tenebrous were aghast. "Did you hear what those fairies gave her? Beauty, grace and willingness to please? Bast's tits, that's a terrible thing to do to a kitten.“ Ten got up on her hind legs. "Never trust a flying thing that gives you a mouthful of glitter when you catch it. Come on, Eb, let's give her our gifts." "Like half a shrew? I tried giving her that, her dam shouted at me."
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    Font - "Quite right too,“ said Ten wisely, “it's got be at least four weeks before she can manage the skulls. That'll be my gift then. May you always be able to manage skulls. Big ones, small ones, beaky ones, mousey ones, any sort of skull.“ Ebony copied her sister's pose. “And may you always catch the flying things. Then you'll never be hungry, and that's much better than fairy wishes." ***
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    Font - Thirty years later, Alba was everyone's favourite keeper at the zoo. Not only could she cure her colleagues' headaches just by telling their skulls to give over, but she was the only person they'd ever know who could work alone in the emu enclosure... marv31-dragOns Follow YES THIS IS BEAUTIFUL
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    Rectangle - anannua Follow Every time I read it l'm delighted by the cat's blessings. Look at this modern folklore tale, wonderful, inspiring, and totally useful. Bless those cats and this tiny tiny ficlet
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    Font - chaoticgremlinwholikescheese Follow Emus are terrifying. In 6th grade, my class went on a camping trip. This place had an emu. We decided his name was Oswald. Now, Oswald was in a terrible, unsafe, unhealthy enclosure, so us five 6th grade girls decided "WERE GOING TO FUCKING SAVE AN EMU."
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    Font - We started a campaign, did research in our tents, asked the owners about him, reported it to animal control. One of the boys at the camp started trying to scare Oswald, so Oswald reared up, showed his sharp heel spikes, and charged at the kid. We congratulated Oswald. That kid was a dick.
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    Water - willypadilly Follow I had a cousin or something that tried the emu trade when it might've been a thing and my grandpa made us visit once and anyone who can get around those dinosaurs long enough to not be creeped out us great.
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    Product - deadcatwithaflamethrower Follow I've never felt sorry for an emu in my life until right now. insertcaffeine Follow Fantasy and fairy tale elements in the modern world is my JAM. 203,794 notes

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