I met a cat one scorching day beneath a leafy tree. I offered her a glass of milk but she just mewed at me. “Drink up, my friend. It’s very hot! The sun is killing you!” I splashed a bit of milk at her to see what she would do. Her fur was shining, slick…

A promise from a kitten is a promise always kept. Impossible! That can’t be so! But listen, how I wept!: A street cat one day promised me a mouth so clean and bright. No cavities! No tooth decay! And not a stain in sight! “Throw out your toothbrush!” he exclaimed. So throw it out I…

A kitten came down from the sky, from Heaven up above. It fluttered slowly, slowly down and fell into my glove. Its fur was white, its mews so soft, an angel in my grasp. I tickled it beneath the chin but soon I had to gasp… for as I looked I came to see I’d…

The other day I met a cat / whose fur was pink and tan. / I knelt to pat it, and it said: / “I thought you were a man!”