I have been informed that a new young gentleman has joined my Ring of Friendship. His name is Little Soldier. An excellent name. Especially for a cat who has been appointed to a strong military family and will, no doubt, soon discover that commanding Humans requires discipline, …
Mrs. Cotton and little Miss Dickens
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📝🐱🍬Household Policy Update: An Anniversary of Considerable Importance
Today is an important day in my household. My humans are celebrating their wedding anniversary. Naturally, I have been supervising the occasion. Marriage, after all, is a serious long-term household arrangement involving patience, loyalty, shared furniture and the occasional …
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📝🐱🐟Household Policy Update: The Open-Door Night Shift
I am pleased to report that the recent decision to leave the doors open at night has been met with my approval. Naturally, I do not sleep in just one place. That would suggest a lack of options, and I have worked far too hard on this household to tolerate such restrictions. Some …
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📝🐱🎂A Birthday Audience for the Male-Human
Today is a particularly important date in the household calendar: the male-human is celebrating his birthday. Naturally, I have dressed for the occasion in my finest white outfit. It is freshly arranged, beautifully fluffed and, as always, entirely bespoke. Some creatures require …
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📝🐱🚪The Doors Stay Open
Tonight, the doors will remain open. Quite right too. A queen cannot be expected to manage her household through closed departments. I shall be making full use of this new freedom. There will be bedroom inspections, hallway patrols and several surprise checks on my humans. I may …
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📝🐱🏡 From Jutta to Mrs. Cotton
There was a time, before I took up my present royal appointment, when I lived in Enschede and answered to the name Jutta. It was a perfectly respectable name, of course. Nothing wrong with it at all. But when my future humans came to meet me, they immediately understood something …
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📝🐱🐮Household Policy Update: Patience, Plastic Surgery and Proper Access
Miss Moo Moo Longtail has once again been under the knife. Plastic surgery, no less. Fortunately, my humans performed the operation rather well. I supervised from a suitable distance, naturally. A ruler must allow her staff to develop confidence, even when they are repairing …
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📝🐱🇳🇴A Royal Reply to the Nieces of the North
My Dearest Nieces of the North, I was utterly delighted to receive your handwritten communication in the form of a proper letter. In an age when humans insist on tapping hurried little messages into glowing screens, it was most refreshing to receive something created with genuine …
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📝🐱⚡A Most Unusual Royal Arrival
King Charles and Queen Camilla appeared at the opening of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow by stepping out of Doctor Who’s TARDIS. As a fellow head of state, I must admit this was an impressive entrance. Arriving officially by blue time machine is difficult to surpass, although …
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📝🐱Household Policy Update: The Ginger Intruder
A ginger tom from the neighbourhood came to assist me with an unexpected security inspection today. Naturally, this involved enormous tails, several firm hisses and a considerable amount of highly professional staring. My humans appeared concerned, but they do not always …