Maunzi and the Prince
My unforgettable friend George Terramare and his wife Erni had Blue Persians in Vienna many years ago. The mother cat had the name "Maunzi" (the children received names from the "commedia del arte", like Truffaldino, Figaro etc. - after all, the Terramares were theater-people). Well, Maunzi had a curious habit. Dr. Terramare had a painting of Prinz Eugen von Savoyen, a man of great importance for Austria (and the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation"), who saved the Christian Occident from being conquered by the Turks. Dr. Terramare was a great admirer of the Prince. He wrote a play about the old Prince's last love and owned the above mentioned picture, painted by Kupetzky, a contemporary of the Prince who sat right in front of the artist (as at that time artists didn't have the modern advantage of painting not the original but a photography). Each day at exactly 6 p.m., Maunzi would take a seat in front of the painting and look at the Prince. After 20 to 30 minutes, she would leave.
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