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Jan. 24th, 2001 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iamlachesisthis is from a friend's journal... I hope she doesnt mind, but I was really moved by this...
her kitten (one of two - Mim and Merlin) died and someone posted a response. so, first a little of her post, then the response...
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This morning, my sister and I watched in amusement as Merlin learned how to make Mim's demon hunting sound. They were watching crows in the backyard, and Merlin started off with silly little meows. He kept at it, and eventually sounded very similar to Mim. C and I giggled and teased him. I was a few minutes late for work because it was so much fun to watch the two of them...first the demon sound, then alternately fighting and grooming one another.
Tonight when I got home, I found Merlin on the floor, unmoving. After I got my act together and found an open vet's office, I rushed him there, where he was pronounced dead almost immediately.
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From http://www.shadowdreams.com/castle/wiz.html:
There are various legends of Merlin's death. One legend says that the wizard forgot about the seat that was reserved for whoever found the Holy Grail at the Round Table and sat in it only to be swallowed instantly by the earth, like many other sinful men who had done so before him.
Another legend is of the Lady of the Lake imprisoning him in an enchanted wood after Merlin had xplained all about the secrets of his own magic. Another version is that Merlin allowed himself to be lured (once again by the lady of the lake) deep beneath a stone and bound there by his own spells.
And yet another version is of Nimue who put Merlin into a trance beneath a thorn tree and then trailed her veil around him, crating an invisible tower of air in which he was trapped forever. It is said that his voice can still be heard in the rustling of leaves.
Since little Merlin had finally learned to use his voice, I think the last version fits best.
I'll miss you little Merlin.
*gentle hugs for you, Ms. Devious, and for Mim*
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*snif*
her kitten (one of two - Mim and Merlin) died and someone posted a response. so, first a little of her post, then the response...
----
This morning, my sister and I watched in amusement as Merlin learned how to make Mim's demon hunting sound. They were watching crows in the backyard, and Merlin started off with silly little meows. He kept at it, and eventually sounded very similar to Mim. C and I giggled and teased him. I was a few minutes late for work because it was so much fun to watch the two of them...first the demon sound, then alternately fighting and grooming one another.
Tonight when I got home, I found Merlin on the floor, unmoving. After I got my act together and found an open vet's office, I rushed him there, where he was pronounced dead almost immediately.
---
From http://www.shadowdreams.com/castle/wiz.html:
There are various legends of Merlin's death. One legend says that the wizard forgot about the seat that was reserved for whoever found the Holy Grail at the Round Table and sat in it only to be swallowed instantly by the earth, like many other sinful men who had done so before him.
Another legend is of the Lady of the Lake imprisoning him in an enchanted wood after Merlin had xplained all about the secrets of his own magic. Another version is that Merlin allowed himself to be lured (once again by the lady of the lake) deep beneath a stone and bound there by his own spells.
And yet another version is of Nimue who put Merlin into a trance beneath a thorn tree and then trailed her veil around him, crating an invisible tower of air in which he was trapped forever. It is said that his voice can still be heard in the rustling of leaves.
Since little Merlin had finally learned to use his voice, I think the last version fits best.
I'll miss you little Merlin.
*gentle hugs for you, Ms. Devious, and for Mim*
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*snif*
