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Why A Cat Washes Its Face After Meals
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From ancient times, cats lick their faces and hands to keep them clean after meals.
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Unlike us, why don’t they wash before meal?
The following story explains why.
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Once upon a time, a sparrow was pecking some wheat grain in a farmer's backyard.
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It was eating grain by grain, coming back and forth.
The farmer’s cat happened to find it.
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The cat tried to catch the sparrow to eat.
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Then,
“Wait! Please wait!”
crying out the sparrow, bating its wings.
“Are you going to eat me?”
“Of course. So what?”
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said the cat and it was about to gnaw the head of the sparrow.
“Aren’t you ashamed?”
“Ashamed of what?”
“Aren’t you supposed to wash your face?
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Your master and his family wash their faces and hands before meals, don’t they?
I’m sure you know that.”
“I see. That’s right.”
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The cat took its hands off of the sparrow to wash its face.
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Soon after that, the sparrow spread its wings and quickly flew into the sky.
“Oh, shoot!”
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The cat regretted so much that it was shaking.
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“Ok. I won’t be fooled again.
Humans do whatever they want to do.
But from now on, I’ll wash my face after meals.”
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Since then, the cat had washed its face and hands after meals.
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