The other day I had a brand new experience: I got my first-ever piece of mail! I had always wondered what those funny papers were that the cat-parents bring in every day. It turns out they’re a strange form of communication that cat-servants exchange with each other. Here’s how it works:

• A cat-servant writes or prints on a piece of paper – some of them have nice pictures on one side
• The nearest cat closely inspects the paper as it’s being written
• The paper goes in another piece of paper that covers it up
• Another smaller piece of paper gets stuck to one corner
• Yet another small piece of paper goes on another corner
• Cat sits on the whole assembly to make sure it passes the butt test
• Cat-servant removes paper from fanny and puts it in a box outside
• The paper is magically transported to another cat-servant’s box outside
• Cat-servant removes the papers from the box and brings them inside
• The nearest cat performs a second butt test to ensure the papers are still intact
• The inside paper gets removed and the cat-servants fawn over it for a few minutes
• All the papers get thrown into the recycling bin

Anyhoo, the other day a paper assembly arrived with my name on it! Cat-Mommy opened it up and it was a wonderful get well card from Cat-Aunt wishing me a speedy and complete recovery. Here’s the picture from the card:

How delightful to receive mail; I sat on the card for several minutes to show my approval. Thanks Cat-Aunt for your kind wishes!