Swimming Chinese cat. Nowhere in this story does it state that following the cat's accidental first swim (having been knocked into the water), the cat began to enjoy swimming. In fact, careful reading of this story suggests to me that what's actually happening is that a team of Chinese swimmers find it amusing to drag a cat out into the water on a daily basis and watch it swim the 50 m back to shore to avoid drowning. But, of course, that's a less heart-warming tale.