Pet King

After being awakened by Zhang Zi'an, the other elves re-observed Lao Cha, Fina, and the three cats on the screen of the mobile phone.

The elves just saw something vaguely, but they couldn't find the proper language to describe it. After listening to his description, they were removed as if a stone blocked the trachea.

They followed Zhang Zi'an to Egypt, entered the Great Pyramid, entered the Golden Pyramid, and saw many souvenirs of ancient Egyptian culture at the bazaar. Among them, there are many items and murals related to scarabs. After all, the ancient Egyptians believed that It is the scarab that pushes the sun east and west every day. It occupies a very important position in ancient Egyptian mythology, it symbolizes the rebirth of Pharaoh's dream, and it is also one of the most commonly used shapes to make amulets.

The pattern on Fina's forehead is a scarab with a sharp outline.

Old tea has a similar pattern on its forehead, but it is not as sharp as Fina's scarab pattern.

Richard could only hear but couldn't see it. He was dying. He pecked Zhang Zi'an's head with his beak and asked him to explain in words, because he didn't dare to look directly at Fina, and he always wore old tea. It was fighting, so it didn't pay much attention to the patterns on the foreheads of the two cat spirits.

Zhang Zi'an knew that if he didn't explain it to Richard, it would be tortured all night, and in order to let other elves understand better, he said, "The scarab lines on the forehead of Fina and Master Tea are similar to W, H, The capital letter M is arranged one above the other. "

He struck out the three letters in the dirt with a branch that was used as firewood.

W

H

M

The inflection points of W and M are connected to the upper and lower ends of H, like a scarab with a forelimb, a hindlimb and a body.

Some also omit the H in the middle, only W and M are connected up and down.

In contrast, the three cats in the photo album of the mobile phone did not have a pattern on the forehead, only M.

Scarab motifs and M-shaped motifs. Basically all tabby cats have no more than these two patterns. The former accounts for the majority and the latter accounts for a small part.

Then the elves completely understood, thinking about the ordinary cats in the pet shop, all those who belong to the tabby cat, it seems that this is really the case.

But what does this mean? It's just the texture of the forehead!

Zhang Zi'an hadn't noticed this kind of subtle difference before, and he thanked Professor Wei Kang for understanding this.

Professor Wei Kang is studying the evolution of domestic cats. He would like to find the transitional cat breed of mackerel pattern and spots, that is, the original Egyptian cat.

Zhang Zi'an participated in the trip to Egypt as a special adviser and enjoyed the free clothing, food and accommodation provided by Binhai University. Cannibalism can be a loyalty, otherwise Professor Wei Kang would be embarrassed, so he kept actively communicating with Professor Wei Kang. Occasionally, he heard Professor Wei Kang mention this, about the tabby cat's forehead lines.

Professor Wei Kang specializes in domestic cats, and is quite knowledgeable in this regard. At that time, he just mentioned casually and mentioned an ancient legend to explain the differences between the two lines.

The speaker was unintentional, and the professor Wei Kang said it in a half-joking tone, but because it was very interesting, he was silently remembered by Zhang Zi'an.

"Fina, how much do you know about this?"

Zhang Zi'an stared at Fina, who had been silent.

When he was thinking, observing, and telling, Fina's attitude was very different from the usual calmness. Even when he encountered the four dead cats during the day, his attitude was so calm that he wondered whether it was I was going to die in silence.

"Omiya noticed long ago, far before today." Fina said, "when the cat teaches kittens to dance, most kittens are very obedient, and some kittens are bad-tempered. The difference in intelligence, but I did notice that the pattern on the forehead of these stubborn kittens was incomplete ... For thousands of years, the sea is vicissitudes, and there are many differences between today ’s cats and those of the era of this palace. Therefore, The palace didn't care too much. "

Other elves knew that Fina would teach new kittens to dance every once in a while, but did not expect that there was a hidden emotion in it.

Fina's eyes suddenly became brighter, staring at Zhang Zi'an, "What do you want to tell this palace about this?"

Zhang Zi'an did not answer immediately, but asked instead: "Do you know that cats have nine lives?"

"Nine lives? Nonsense!" Fina said flatly. "If a cat had nine lives, it would not be a scarab in ancient Egypt as a symbol of rebirth!"

Lao Cha also interjected: "About this, Lao Shi often listens to people on TV, but I do n’t know where it comes from. I often hear Lao Shi be confused, and Lao Shi has lived for so many years, and I have never seen any cat die. Risen ... "

"Ga? Nine lives?" Richard was unwilling to be lonely. "Did you say that there was a movie about cats called" Nine Life "when you were selling the Siberian forest cat that is said to not cause allergies?"

Zhang Zi'an nodded ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Yes, the legend that cats have nine lives is spread not only in China, but also in the West. "

"It's nonsense!" Fina repeated, "Memiya has never heard of it! I can't believe it!"

"You haven't heard that it is normal," Zhang Zi'an explained, "because the age of this legend comes after you."

He said to the elves: "In ancient China, there were no cats. Cats were introduced to China from the Western Regions, and the legend of the nine lives came from the Western Regions. The origin of this legend is the Middle East."

In the ancient Middle East-this "ancient" was after Fina's time, there was a man of great fame and prestige, respected by others as a prophet.

The prophet had a cat named Mieza, and he loved it.

Once, the prophet was about to pray, only to find Mieza asleep on his sleeves. In order not to disturb his dreams, he simply cut off his sleeves and put on a robe to pray. After returning from prayer, Mieza seemed to know that he cared for himself, bowing his back and raising his tail as if spiritually, and thanked him. The prophet petted Mieza's head three times, leaving four black lines—that is, his four fingerprints, in the shape of M.

According to legend, the Prophet not only left Mieza with an M-shaped imprint, but also gave it nine lives. This is the origin of the legend that cats have nine lives.

Since then, the scarab pattern has separated from the M-type pattern.

After Zhang Zi'an spoke, the other elves could hear God, and Fina sneered.

People say that the moon of fifteen is sixteen round.

He looked up at the full moon in the night sky, and a gust of wind passed, and he suddenly felt a little cold, tightened his body, and murmured:

"Bai Yujing in the sky, five cities on the twelfth floor. The prophet touched me, and the seal was given nine lives ..."

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