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Scarlatti’s Cat

Stemming from a legend that Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in G Minor, known as “The Cat’s Fugue,” was inspired by the sounds of the composer’s cat walking on his harpsichord, this story tells of a cat with a head full of music which she longs to play.  Only her owner’s strict rules that no one is to touch his harpsichord keeps the cat constrained, until one day, in pursuit of a mouse, the cat lands on the keyboard and gives herself up to temptation.  Scarlatti fears what will happen to his own reputation if people find out that even a cat is able to compose such amazing music, so he gives her away to someone who does not own a harpsichord.  If your population has a heavy interest in music, it might be worthwhile, but it doesn’t exactly count as a must-have.