The Wild Hunt, according to legend, is a cavalcade of spectral hunters, horses and hounds that glides through the sky. Any unwary folk who are out and about and who happen to catch sight of this spectacle are likely to be swept up by the spirits and carried away.

Here at Le Château we have our own Wild Hunt going on, due to a Code Ambre situation: a fly in the living room. (American followers: I don’t think it was THAT fly, although I’m sure people make that mistake all the time and this one is sick of having to field questions about what Mike Pence’s hair felt like.)

Cat Daddy didn’t even know the fly was there until Louis Catorze started doing the psycho-eyed prowling and the bird-chatter, and he captured the whole saga in this short photo story:

Who hunteth so late through the night dark and drear?
The Sun King it is, brave and strong, without fear …
He hunteth the fly tightly lock’d in his sight …
He eateth it whole, then he biddeth good night.
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17 responses to “La chasse sauvage”

  1. barrybdoyle avatar
    barrybdoyle

    Ha! Brilliant! A lead up to the celebration of Halloween which surely must be the favorite time of yer for all in Le Chåteau.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      We love it! And I’m pretty sure Catorze loves it, too.

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  2. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    Bon chat! Flies are hard to catch!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He takes quite a long time …

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  3. Sally Goodman avatar
    Sally Goodman

    Love this! I’m quite happy when ours catch flies, but even happier when they catch and eat spiders!!

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  4. Penny avatar
    Penny

    Hahaha! I absolutely love your wit Cat Mummy and Cat Daddy! 🐱🐱🐱🙀😻

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Thank you! Louis Catorze certainly gives us plenty of material …

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  5. Kate Crimmins avatar

    No insect is safe in our house!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      🤣🤣🤣

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  6. catladymac avatar
    catladymac

    I guess the American version is “Ghost Riders in the Sky.” Or that herd of centaurs that has thundered through a couple of times.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh my, I love that song! A U.K. comedian did a cover in the 80s called Ghost Joggers in the Sky. 🤣🤣🤣

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  7. Donna Florack avatar

    He eateth it! Yay! That was funny.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He eateth it! Gross but useful!

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  8. cathysrealcountrygardencom avatar

    We have the ladybirds swarming into dream the winter away and the cats are bring driven to distraction too 🐈🐈

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      🤣🤣🤣 Please video it!

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  9. cat9984 avatar

    Great poem! Worthy of the great hunt

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Cat Daddy has called him that many times. Or something very like it. 🤣🤣🤣

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