“The Legend of the Pussy Willow”
In an old Polish legend, many springs ago, a mother cat was crying at the bank of the river where her kittens were drowning.
The willow at the river’s edge longed to help her, so they swept their long graceful branches into the waters to rescue the tiny kittens who had fallen into the river while chasing butterflies.
Each of the kittens gripped tightly to the willow branches and were safely brought back to shore.
According to the legend, each springtime since, willow branches sprout tiny fur-like buds at their tips where the tiny kittens once clung.
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