Shortly before Christmas one year, I filmed video footage of my cat, Sylvia, stalking and pouncing on a toy mouse. She gave it her all--as Freddy Cole's version of "A Cradle In Bethlehem" played.
It's an incongruous pairing of a song and activity, but it's no less heartwarming to me. It's a pleasure to see my cat doing something she loves while a song that I love plays. When I've watched the video in past years, I've sometimes imagined the melody of "A Cradle..." with the revised lyrics, "A tabby tonight is stalking a toy mouse in Kirkwood, MO..."
