In times of old, when granaries were full of crops, in the city appeared mice. Inhabitants in every possible way tried to quit of the trouble. Without result. The mayor then ordered, to get all cats from neighborhood into the town to save the city.

And so it happened. During the night all cats were catching troublesome rodents. All, but one. There was one cat, that instead of catching mice, was walking around, and fawning on city guards. They liked that friendly cat, and from time to time thy gave him something to eat.

And so days were passing away, until the February, 16th, 1629 come. That day Swedes come up, wanted to conquer the city. Inhabitants were fighting bravely to hold the city, but it was not easy to struggle with so strong army. And then, our lazy cat joined the battle. Much to everyone surprise, he put up a good fight. Thanks to his sacrifice, the city was saved.

People, as a reward, named city towers in honour of the bravely cat. And so in Torun we had Cat's Tail Tower, Cat's Head Tower, and Cat's Paws Tower.

But today only Cat's Head Tower remained, bringing back memories about bravely cat, that helped to save the city.

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Source:Benon Frackowski "Legendy torunskie"