The Cat That Lived A Million Times

Once upon a time, there was a cat who lived for a million years. A million people loved
this cat, and a million people cried when he died. But never once did the cat himself cry.
Once, the cat belonged to a King, another to a seaman. Once, the cat was a circus
magician's cat. And once, the cat was a thief's cat. Once, the cat was a lonely old lady’s cat.
And once, the cat was a little girl's cat.
The cat hated every one of its owners. Every time he died, the owner would weep for
him but, the cat didn't really mind dying.
Once, the cat was nobody's cat. He was a wild cat. The cat really, really liked himself.
For you know, he was a truly splendid tabby cat, so of course he made a truly splendid wild
cat.
Every girl cat wanted to be the cat's wife. But There was only one cat who never looked
his way. She was a beautiful white cat. The cat would go up to the white cat and say: "I've
died a million times!", and "Oh." is all the white cat would say in reply to him.
The next day, the cat would go up to the white cat and say: "You have probably only
lived once, haven’t you .", and again "Yes." is all the white cat would say in reply.
One day, the cat stood in front of the white cat and said: " Do you mind if I stay with
you?" he asked the white cat. "No, I don’t mind" she said.
From then on, the cat was always with the white cat.
The white cat had many, many cute little kittens with the cat.
The cat came to like the white cat and all her little kittens almost more than he liked
himself.
In due time, all the little kittens grew up, and went their separate ways. The white cat
grown a little old. The cat wanted to always live together with the white cat.
One day, the white cat laid beside the cat, and quietly stopped moving. The cat cried for
the first time ever, all day and all night. All day and all night, he cried a million tears.
Day and night, day and night the cat cried, until one afternoon he stopped crying. Lying
beside the white cat, he quietly stopped moving.
The cat was never, ever born again.
The end.