The Night is a Big Black Cat

by G. Orr Clark

The Night is a big black cat,
       The Moon is her topaz eye,

The stars are the mice she hunts at night
       In the field of the sultry sky.

Black cats on etsy and eBay.

Famous Black Cats in History

I was perusing a list of famous black cats, courtesy of www.mchumane.org.  They, of course, neglected to mention the black cats on this necklace.

 And in these earrings...

But they did list Black Pete (Mickey Mouse) (AKA Pegleg Pete)

Boo-Boo Kitty (Laverne& Shirley)

Isis (Star Trek)

Penelope Pussy Cat (Pepe Le Pew)  (Penelope is technically a tuxedo cat, and, as such, gives me the opportunity to show you what an actual black cat looks like.  See below.)

Pluto (The Black Cat, Edgar Allen Poe, from an Aubrey Beardsley print)

Salem (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)

Snowball II, Snowball V (The Simpsons) (That's Snowball II in the picture)

Socks (“First Cat” during Clinton Administration) (Again, Socks is a tuxedo cat.  Let me refresh your memory about black cats.)

Sylvester (Looney Tunes) (Ahem.  Sylvester is clearly a tuxedo.  See picture for comparison.)

Winky (Escape from Witch Mountain)

Blackie, a cat that inherited 15 million British Pounds and thus became the richest cat in history.  (Note the white paws.  Comparison pic coming up.)

Baby, the world's oldest cat

Hematite Cat

And 8 black cats.

The necklace starts a three-day auction on eBay today.  The earrings are already there, along with some other famous black cats.

Eleven Little Black Cats

Eleven little black cats
Sitting by a pen.
One caught a fat mouse.
Then there were ten.

Ten little black cats
Sipping kitty wine.
One sipped too much sips.
Then there were nine.

Nine little black cats
Swinging on the gate.
One left for sushi.
Then there were eight.

Eight little black cats
Tried to climb to heaven.
One grabbed a big bird.
Then there were seven.

Seven little black cats
Swatting dogs for kicks.
One smacked a bad dog.
Now there are six.

Six little black cats
Eyeing the bee hive.
One eyed the wrong bee.
Now there are five.

Five little black cats
Sitting by the door.
One sniffed some catnip.
Now there are four.

Four little black cats
Resting 'neath the tree.
One went to climb it.
Now there are three.

Three little black cats
Playing with a shoe.
One grabbed the laces.
Now there are two.

Two little black cats
Out for a run.
One gave up jogging.
Now there is one.

One little black cat
Sitting in the sun
Drove the other ten away.
Now he is done.

And now he is done.