One day in mid-June, the owner of the greengrocer gave us a tricolor kitten, young. My children, my wife and I observed the new member of the family very carefully.

My wife took the animal, stroked its chin and ears, and it made a strange sound as if it had something boiling inside its chest. I knew that the cats were purring, but I had never heard a similar sound.

As soon as he left her on the floor, the cat began to play with everything that came her way, even with the papers. His movements were agile and elegant. The children soon became fond of her ...

TORAHIKO TERADA

Five stories of different themes that have the indisputable protagonist of the cats, an animal that the Japanese love and that is part not only of their folklore and mythology, but also of their popular culture. All a symbol in the country of the rising sun.