Boy Who Drew Cats Socks – Whoopi’s Socks By Sock Dreams (Out-of-Print)

Brand new pair of “The Boy Who Drew Cats” tube socks from Whoopi’s Socks by Sock Dreams. Out of print, from 2015. Unisex. Designed, made, & printed in the USA. 63% polyester, 16% cotton, 19% spandex, 2% elastic. Care instructions: “Machine wash cool on gentle cycle. Lay flat to dry. Do not bleach. Description from the Sock Dream’s blog: “The Boy Who Drew Cats is an old Japanese fairy tale that captured Whoopi’s imagination. In the early stages of designing socks, she told us the tale over the phone and it resonated with everyone here. In the story, a young boy is sent from his family farm to study to become a priest but is sent away for drawing cats everywhere—on scrolls, on the walls, on every blank space he could find. He eventually ends up at an abandoned temple where he again covers every available surface with his feline friends, and then, tired from travelling and drawing, goes to sleep in a cupboard. In the night he is awoken to the sounds of fearsome battle, and the next morning emerges from his cupboard to find a great goblin rat has been defeated… by his cat drawings come to life! His talent for drawing, which seemed like an idle waste of time to those around him, saved both himself and the nearby town from the goblin rat’s reign of terror. We think anyone who has been told their dream isn’t worth pursuing can identify with this story.”