A Michael Broad Blog
Chapter One: Shadows in the Bramble Thicket The moon hung low in the sky, casting its silvery glow upon the forest floor. Dew-kissed leaves rustled as a patrol of ThunderClan warriors moved silently through the bramble thicket. At their lead was Silverstar, a sleek silver tabby with eyes as sharp as flint. “Keep your senses …
In the distant reaches of the galaxy, where stars whispered secrets to one another and nebulae painted the void with iridescent hues, there existed a planet unlike any other. Its name was Zephyria, a place where magic flowed through the very air, and creatures from different worlds coexisted in harmony. On Zephyria, the skies shimmered …
I asked Chat GPT (an AI computer accessible online) to write two fictional stories about a cat carrying a severed finger in its mouth. The instructions for the second were slightly different to those for the first. The results will probably surprise you. They are completely ‘as is’. Unedited. Story 1 Instruction to computer: …
The question is asked by Carol Chapell on the Internet. She actually answers the question herself. In this instance, a kitten’s mother was tragically killed in a road traffic accident. The 10-day-old kitten came up to Carol screaming at the top of her voice. It was a demand to be adopted. I love that …
In a famous Indian fable in the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose from 200 BCE-300CE, the domestic cat is portrayed as sly, underhand and hypocritical. The fable which I describe below is immortalised in a famous bas relief at Mahabalipuram in southeastern India, on the coast. The …
When was the first time you realised that your cat really loved you? The question was asked on the Quora.com website and it was answered by the person who asked the question; a Filipino lady living in Manila which is the capital of the Philippines. I’ve called her a lady deliberately because she certainly …
NEWS AND OPINION: It is a time to praise the domestic cat for comforting vulnerable people who during extensive coronavirus pandemic lockdowns have been left isolated through no fault of their own. This is a time when the domestic cat has really proved their value to society. Fuchsia Carter Fuchsia, aged 35, lives in …
I have dug up this cool story about Tom Hardy rescuing a kitten from the street and fostering him in the Hilton Hotel in Bucharest, Romania. The search for the story began on the PETA website. They were writing about 16 famous dudes who love cats, one of whom is Tom Hardy. The assessment …
