A cat day indeed, said Pliny the Elder. Three cats. You may be in for some luck.
You believe cats are lucky? I asked.
Yes, they are lucky, said Pliny. There were no cat bones found in the ruins of Pompeii.
But that means it was the cats that were lucky, I replied.
It may also mean that the absence of cats caused the people to be unlucky, said Pliny.
Are you saying that if there had been cats in Pompeii then Vesuvius wouldn't have erupted?
Who knows? said Pliny wistfully.
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