tʃˈaɪnə mɪˈeɪvɪl tˈeɪks ðɪ aɪdˈiə əvə kˈɪŋ ʌvðə kˈæts fɹʌm ðɪs stˈoːɹi ænd ɹˈɑːbɚt ˈɜːwɪnz "fˈɑːðɚɹ ʌv kˈæts" fɹʌmðɪ ɚɹˈeɪbiən nˈaɪtmɛɹ fɔːɹ hɪz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt nˈɑːvəl kˈɪŋ ɹˈæt.
China Miéville takes the idea of a king of the cats from this story and Robert Irwin's "Father of Cats" from The Arabian Nightmare for his 1998 novel King Rat.