JESUS’ CAT
I was in the fifth or sixth grade when I got involved in this story. The teacher and girls weren’t in the classroom, and the boys had crowded around one of the seats, laughing. I came closer to find out what had caused such hilarity and saw Narek sitting in the middle of the group, patting a gray cat that was peering fearfully out of a half-open backpack.
“What’s going on?” I asked with excitement.
“Someone’s tricked Narek and sold him a cat,” Tigran replied, with pink eyes that had teared up with laughter.
“Nobody’s tricked me,” Narek said.
“Someone probably picked it up from the trash,” Tigran continued, “And they told him it was Jesus’ cat, and he believed them.”
“Nobody’s tricked me, nobody’s tricked me. There is a breed of cat like that, it’s very rare. It’s called Je
