Merlin
Princess Crying Cat

1981 - 1998

Little Merlin always wanted to be The Queen.
Thought she had it made when Arwen moved on to her next incarnation.

But Merlin's reign was short, as she, too, succumbed to kidney failure. She was only 17.

She was the cat that meter readers never saw. But to her family, she was very, very loving.

And very, very demanding. Eliot captured at least one aspect of Merlin, paraphrased from his Book of Practical Cats:

If you you offer her pheasant she would rather have grouse.
...when you let her in, then she wants to be out;
She's always on the wrong side of every door,
And as soon as she's at home, then she'd like to get about.
Yes, the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat -
And it isn't any use for you to doubt it:
For she will do
As she do do
And there's no doing anything about it!