From the book "The House Cat That Changed the World"...

The book chronicles an Abyssinian kitten named Misty who was taken in by Pharaoh Mingus II, and who some say started the trend of the modern day house pet. The book goes on to talk about how unfortunately shortly after arriving Misty was poisoned by high priests who were jealous of the cats influence and pissed off (no pun intended) because (I'm not kidding) it kept going to the bathroom in the temple. Amazingly Misty's favorite toy (a mummified miniature crocodile) can still be seen today at the Cairo Smaller Mammal Museum. Personally, my old cats would settle for that little ball with the bell in it.