His real name is Leftover. He is never quite with the program, a little too lazy to keep up. While the others …
His real name is Leftover. He is never quite with the program, a little too lazy to keep up.
While the others jostle for the best bites, he'd wander in late, ending up with the cold, abandoned scraps. It is as if he were born to be the one left behind.
The name gets stuck, and he doesn't seem to mind, remaining as languid as ever.
Then, an old scholar misunderstood. He saw a cat who kept to himself, who seemed utterly content with the simplest offerings of life.
To the scholar, this was a cat untouched by worldly desires. "Not Leftover," he proclaimed, "but a Saint!"