A couple of Toads and Prince Charming – Part I - The Divination

When I was just a teeny weenie ( awfully whiney) kitten, my father dearest was my chief counsel…the man with the grey matter ... and a very black gown ... More often than not he had advice for me, mostly unsolicited, but this isn’t about that.

This is however about a prophecy that has come true…the Prophet (of sorts) being my dad …

It all starts with my father, who has know to be quite accurate with his predictions and has an uncanny knack of foreseeing things before they happen… a rather unsettling trait if you ask me… not quite sure who its unsettled more during my teenage years … me who worried if he knew what I was up to, or him who uncannily always seemed to know what I was up to … but this isn’t about that as well …

This, as I told you, is about a prophesy … not a great one … or even a clever one … frankly the only remarkable thing about it is that it came true … (most people by now are just about ready to claw my eyes out) … so I shall meander no longer …

Daddykins always told me … “Maryann ( he used this name only when he was mighty serious, mighty pleased or mighty darn pissed …), Maryann” he said “In life you’re going to have to kiss a couple of toads before you find Prince Charming” ….

I laughed … until I realized he did not jest and was quite earnest … I stopped laughing … lest I get called “Maryann” once again (and not in a pleasant way this time) ... and said “indeed Daddykins, indeed”…

Now at this point of time I had no idea that he had just prophesized … so I pondered on it for no more than a few nano seconds and brushed it aside as something he had read in a bad poster, desperately trying to be witty … or worse yet, in the old dusty version of extremely politically (and otherwise) incorrect fairytale books that were hidden in the attic (a loft really, but attic sounds so much nicer) …

And so it came to pass … thousand nine hundred and five years after our Lord (well some of ours’) … a man saw into the future … and the rest shall have to wait for another day …

The Cat has to Nap!