Hey, elegant cat, you think you can rest there sitting so prim and well-brought up and think I’ll bring you some sparrows I catch on from the tree-top? You got to move your ****, brother; Sparrows don’t fall off trees like ripe fruit for you to pick from the ground, you know. Or maybe you don’t know. And I’m not going to be doing the work for you, wild cat and friendless as I am. I live on my own, catch my own sparrows and eat my own dinner and lick my lips and I sleep under the shade of the tree when my tummy’s full and sure, that’s all I care about getting my daily meals. And not even in your wildest dreams, hey well-washed cat, not even in your wildest dreams do I have desire to share bird meat and bones with anyone and especially not with an elegant rich-home cat like you… Well, you can have the feathers, if you like. Now really, how did a nice cat like you get lost? Is this your day out or what? Some kind of an expedition day? You want a sparrow to eat? Get your fat **** here up the tree with as much stealth as you can and catch yourself one! And you stupid cat from comfy rooms having sat your **** on soft cushions all your life – stop meow-meowing with hunger! – you’ll scare the birds away, you unnatural, unnatural domesticated cat! You know, you’d be better off using your powers of sight and finding your way back from wherever you came from and get back to mummy’s home asap. Go stand under some lamp post where they might have a Cuddly Cat Lost sign and someone might bring you to your owner for a reward. No way you going to survive in the open, brother!
companion painting: Myojakdo (cats and sparrows) by Byeon Sangbyeok.