I have two other black cats besides Cricket. One is Little Spooky
and the other is Mom Cat.
Both of them were throw aways by the idiots who lived behind us when I was still up in Massachusetts. Little Spooky was always friendly. She's the cat who had a litter of kittens up in my attic. Mom Cat, on the other hand, was nearly feral by the time we were able to catch her. She was pregnant, hungry and scared to death of people. She had her kittens in our spare bedroom.
Now Mom Cat is a loving and friendly cat who loves to talk. I think she has some Siamese in her. The idiots who owned her had a male Siamese cat for a while.
It's funny. I've had cats nearly my whole life but these are the first black cats I've ever owned.