Alexander Koryagin:

> The cat, which walking by herself," is probably taken from
> a story for children, where they are told how the cat had
> become a domestic animal.  The cat there could talk, and
> when the ancient woman invited him into the cave, he al-
> ways replied, "I am a cat. I am walking alone and every-
> where I want to." ;-) Do you have this story in the En-
> glish literature?

As sure as sugar is sweet, for none else but Kipling wrote
it.  I haven't read the original, but the Soviet animation
is very clever and not children at all at all:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL7PSeN3SYU
        (unfortunately no subtitles)

Kipling's cat is male whereas its Russian couterpart female,
probably because such cunning wisdom is here considered a
feminine trait.

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