Chattimus. Born, ????. After a life as a stray, adopted his humans in the summer of 1997 near Kennett Square, PA. He watched us from afar for some months before finally deciding that barbecued swordfish was to his liking, and thereafter became a member of the family. He was always a very dignified and private cat; he would run most of the way across the garden thinking we couldn't see him and then walk the last few paces so we wouldn't notice he'd been in a hurry. He never did tell us how he lost his tail. Died Princeton, NJ, 4th Dec. 2004.