Friday, August 31, 2007

招財貓,Fortune Cat

小芥 : 阿丹~ 你在幹麻啊??
michico : Adan, what are you doing??
阿丹 : 有個東西擋在我的貓草前面!!
Adan : There is something block between my cat grass and me.
小芥 : 挖哩咧...那是招財貓拉~
michico : Ooops...that is fortune cat, ok ?? No something.

阿丹 : 我不管招財貓是怎樣...總之它擋住我的貓草就是一個錯誤....

Adan : I don't care what Fortune Cat is, it is a mistake that this cat block my cat grass...

阿丹 : 走開拉...你這個貓...你給我走開....

Adan : Move.... cat....Move away.....
阿丹 : 叫你走開你聽不聽得懂啊~~ (小芥 : 最好是聽得懂...)
Adan : I told you to move, can you understand ?

抓抓抓~~~
pawing pawing pawwwwwwinggg~~~

小芥 : 阿丹~!!! 不要抓招財貓啦....吼~!!

michico : ADANNNN!!!! DO NOT PAW THE FORTUNE CAT~!!!!

Hmmm....
阿丹 : 不能抓就算了~!跳上來吃總可以吧~!

Adan : Okie, at least I can jump~

好吃好吃~!

Yummy yummy~!

沒人可以阻止我吃貓草的~!

No one could stop me eating cat grass~!

★P.S. The original saying of Fortune Cat from Japan, it is a decoration which is believed in a mascot that is able to bring money to us.

Some Fortune cat raise right hand, some raise left hand. Raising right hand means bring the good luck and fortune and happiness to come this house. Raiseing left hand means the customers come in an endless stream.

If the hand raise higher than head, it means could bring the lucky from far away. If the hand raise near the cheek, it means could bring the luck near place. Anyway, it is a cat decoration could bring good luck. So, Japanese think cats are for good luck.

I think we all think cat could bring good luck.

22 comments:

Mr. Chen and Ollie said...

Adan, no matter how much good luck fortune cat brings, if he gets in the way of your cat grass, that is a problem. Good thing you found a clever way around him. We enjoyed learning about the different meanings of the raised paws - thanks for the lesson!
Purrs,
Mr. Chen & Ollie

Anonymous said...

阿丹,大阿姨的好運就靠它,你不要動招財貓啦!
乖,買貓草的*摳摳*就靠它招來了~

(我每次都分不清楚招左右手的意思,小芥好厲害喔)

Anonymous said...

阿丹,不要生氣喲!!
招財貓是在幫你顧貓草耶!
以防你姨姨煮泡麵剪去加菜!!

michico*Adan*Lego-小芥*阿丹*樂高 said...

挖哈~!
很神奇喔~! 貓草放在招財貓後面的時候,就長得super快速耶,其他地方都要一個禮拜後才發芽,這是我新發現的好風水處XD~~

Lux said...

The fortune cat is very pretty, but I think you bring enough good luck all by yourself, Adan!

Sasha said...

Adan, we have a cat from Japan with both arms up above her head. It looks like a female kitty and is very cute. Someone brought it back from Japan for Lynettea. Can you tell her what both arms above the head means? Is that still a good luck kitty? We hope so because we can always do with some spare luck.
I like your cat grass bowl. You must eat the grass fairly quickly from that.

michico*Adan*Lego-小芥*阿丹*樂高 said...

Dear Diamond,
Don't worry about that, If the cat raise both 2 hand, that means the fortune and lucky, will bring to you daylight and night.

It means give you more and more luck~! So, I think you may raise your hand more often~! You will bring much more luck to your family~!

Anonymous said...

Hi Adan,

Fortune cat is very cute yet it's rude to block your cat grass. I'm glad you found a way to get it :)

andophiroxia said...

That made me laugh so hard! Adan was pawing at the fortune cat. Classic!

The Furry Kids said...

Adan, you were very good not to whap Fortune Cat onto the floor. I think that would probably not be very good luck.

Love,
Tazo

Daisy said...

Adan, you were right to paw at the fortune cat. Because he should not have been blocking your grass. That was a mistake he made. I am glad you still could get to your cat-grass!

Dragonheart, Merlin, Devi, and Chloe said...

I'm glad you were able to get at your cat grass, Adan, even though the fortune cat was blocking your way. Thank you for sharing the information about fortune cats with us!

rheavv said...

呀丹真乖呢, 要吃多些貓草呀~~很有益的~

Forty Paws said...

We agree, cats bring good luck. Good thing you could get to your cat grass Adan!

Luf, Us

LZ said...

I think you bring lots of good luck but I like the fortune cat too. Glad you got your grass.

Kaze

Anonymous said...

Adan you finally got your cat grass. Michico was right to tell you not to hit Fortune Cat. It may be back luck to hit Fortune Cat.

You are very cute Adan eating your grass finally.

MaoMao said...

hehehe, Adan! I'm glad you got yur cat grass and didn't have to knock the Fortune Cat off his perchie!

Great pickshures of you, my furriend!

Kittyhugs and purrs from MaoMao!

Anonymous said...

Awww, those are great pictures of both you and the Fortune Cat, and I'm glad you didn't have to give him a whap to get to your cat grass!

Purrs and snuggles from Marilyn.

Rosemary B❤️ said...

Dear Adan, you are a very lucky kitty boy to have your own grass, and a beautiful fortune kitty too.

We love to read your blog

Puuurrrrrr, Princess and Caesar

The Furry Fighter said...

thank you for telling me about fortune cat! i have seen many of these in London...i have also sen Buddhas with big bellies, if you rub the belly veryday you get rish, i think this is a chinese belief though, not japanese. i may be wrong. xxx

Unknown said...

I have my own fortune cat, it´s so lovely and cute!
Here in Buenos Aires there´s a lot of japanese shops, and in one of those, I heard the legend of the "Maneki-Neko". And I said "I want one of those!"
Itsn´t weird that cats are considered good luck... I think they are mistic, they have a little bit of magic and divine... :-)

Lovely pics, Adan looks like a top model in that magazine! Congratulations!

Kisses and Purrrss :-)

Gretchen said...

Oh, what a charming fortune cat!
Be nice to him now...he can be good for you...hee, hee.

Hugs...G