Richard Nielsen posted:
atanu@netcom.com (Atanu Dey) wrote:
>This might be the appropirate time to 
>tell you all about a saying in Hindi (which is a language spoken
>in India) which says, "Sao chuhay khakey billie haj pay chalee"
>which translates to "Having eaten hundren mice, the cat now 
>proceeds for a haj."

There is a Moslem tale that the prophet Muhammad had a cat.  One time
when Muhammad was called to prayers the cat was sleeping on a corner
of his robe.  He drew his knife and cut off that part of his robe that
the cat might not be disturbed while Muhammad went to pray.  It is
said that the cat resides forever in Paradise.