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An ancient Jewish folk tale is based on the story of Moses in the Book of Exodus. In Exodus, Moses and his brother Aaron confront the Egyptian pharaoh, ordering him to release the Israelite slaves. As a sign of divine power, Aaron’s rod turns into a serpent.
The Egyptian court sorcerers perform the same trick—but Aaron’s serpent devours theirs. In the folk tale, one cat at the pharaoh’s court saw this and concluded that Moses’s and Aaron’s god was stronger than the Egyptian gods, so when Moses and Aaron left the court, the cat followed them.
