I have Japanese Bobtail (cats)One is a Calico, but in Japan she would be called something like Mika.In Asia (in some countries and in some cultures around the world) there is a story of such a cat. The story varies from neighborhood to neighborhood and town to town.Some times the Story is that a Temple was suffering for money and had a cat that hung around. There were some soldiers that were in need of help, they were hungry, wary and had some things that needed medical attention. The Cat, that was a Calico Japanese Bobtail, went to the path the soldiers were on. It sat down and flipped it’s arm and paw up, looking as if it was waveing.. it sounded like it said something,.. maybe Hello. To the soliders it looked as though it was beckoning them to come to it. So they did. It turned and seemed to try to talk to them some more, and walked a little stopping from time to time to make sure they followed. It lead them to the Temple that was endanger of being no more what with all the bad luck it had been happening. The cat was the only thing to lift the spirits of the Monks or Priest in the temple,..The soliders and the Monks or Priest met, the Monks or Priest helpped the Soliders (or travelers),.. even though they only had a little left of food and things themselves. The Soliders told people higher then themselves, spreading to the royalty. The temple was saved.The Cat was called The Beckening Cat and a Mika is a female apprentice of such things as being a Priestess or a Geisha.So in America there is an Assosiation with Money because people do not know the details.The Truth is the Beckoning Cat Statues come in different colors, with different things on them, different fur patterns,.. and different things they hold. They almost always have one arm lifted with their paw as if it is waveing. Solid Black ones are actually for Wealth and Money. The Solid Black Japanese Bobtail (cats),.. the live ones that are bred, are actually the most expensive I’ve seen.The normal Mika one is usually displayed on the Counter at stores, outside the door of stores, or on the path to stores. It is to bring good luck or fortune (not as in money) and has been attractive to customers for a very long time.A Greeting usually assosiated with Chinese, but that is found in many cultures and has a connection to this story is ” Nihao” although spelling varies the sound/pronouncation is about the same. This is even found in parts of Africa and Europe.So I like to say “Nihao” to people some times. It is like saying ” Greetings, may luck/fortune find you today.”...
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