question:Contents Mascot Masterpiece Big-boned Lumbercat Break-Dancer Show Cat Imaginary Friend Not A Lion Big Game Hunter English Major Mountain Climber Famous Internet Kittehs Amoeba Werecat Declawed Figure Skaters Alien Sophisticated Single War Hero Businessman Minor Deity Bayou Boy Viking Perceptive Ghost Modern Marvel Chimaera Eighth Wonder of The World Hopeless Romantic Superhero Cats of Australia Kabuki Actor The Amazing Vespucci Brothers The Cat of Hearts Creepy Puppet Prisoner Sea Captain Your Boss Rock Star Catfish Constellation Dinosaur Shadowcat Master of Disguise Cavecat Homeward Bound Japanese Lucky Cat Hideous Stray Mean Girls Evil Twin Mummy Ninja Russian Nesting Cat Magician Prairie Cats Politician Transformer Actor Trojan Cat Princess Cthulhu Undercover Cop Astronaut Dreamboat Very Fluffy Kleptomaniac Brand Mascot Higher Power Reclusive Author Rebellious Teen Weight Lifter House Cat Former Child Star Emperor Psycho Consultant Cat? Elasticat Cosplayer Catnip Enthusiast Tattoo Curious Alarm Clock Treasure Map Action Hero Daredevil Fashion Victim Spirit Animal Cool Dad Mixed Breed Star-Crossed Lovers Your True Self Thundercats Wild at Heart Artist Persistent Agoraphobic SuperVillain Big Fan Just a Normal Cat About the Author Teddy Mascot Unfortunately, Teddy didn't make the basketball team. You're too short, the coach said. And also, you're a cat. Teddy begged and meowed, until finally the coach said, Alright, alright! You can't play basketball, but I have another job you can do. yara masterpiece Cat with Bread Balthasar Veen the Elder circa 1665 Shmoopsie Poopsie cutesie pie Big-boned The vet said Shmoops was danger­ously above average. Well, I always knew my Poopsie was special! Jennie got mad because he ate her birth­day cake before she got to blow out the candles. 'Well,' I told her, 'what would you have wished for? We al­ready have the cutest little kitty in the whole world!' mackinaw LUMBERCAT You could use an ax for logging, sure. A crosscut saw was faster, if you had a lumbercat to work each end. And of course, a chainsaw or feller buncher could chop down a table leg quicker than you could hiss—but Mackinaw wasn't trying to do it quick. He wanted to feel the grain split beneath his paw. He used his claws. BAMBAATAA BREAK-DANCER Nubbins SHOW CAT Commissioner Weir disappeared into the Persian Longhair's fur moments after pinning on the blue ribbon. In the interminable minutes since he said, Wait, there's something in here, and vanished from sight, no one had been brave enough to go in after him. Regardless, the remaining judges agreed that Nubbins was a stunning example of lilac-point coloration. NOODLES IMAGINARY FRIEND Tommy loved Noodles. They played games and went on hikes through the woods. If it was raining, they'd build sofa cushion forts and pretend they were cowboys defending the Alamo. Why can't anyone else see you? Tommy asked him one day. Because, Noodles re­plied, nobody else has a dangerous carbon monoxide leak in their bedroom. Oliver NOT A LION In retrospect, Oliver regretted growing his hair long. Mo Big Game Hunter Follow me into the Africa room, where each of my trophies tells a story: There's the shoelace that almost bit my ear off. Did you know chipmunks can spit their venom? They aim for the eyes. Ha! That loafer's hide was so thick, my claws couldn't even pierce it. How many times can one cat cheat death? Look around you, gentlemen: The answer is on these walls. Ivory English Major Shackled in this gulag, slave to the little black bean, I still strive to create art; I feel the Great American Cappuccino waiting to be poured. Yet even here, in this provincial penal colony, the critics hound me. My manager said my nondairy lattes are too subversive, but it's not my fault—soy milk is inherently satirical! I guess it could be worse, though. I heard Joan Didion used to work at Dunkin' Donuts. SNOWBALL MOUNTAIN CLIMBER famous internet kittehs pumpkin amoeba Using a powerful microscope, we can see that cats—on the smallest, most molecular level—are simply made up of more cats. david Werecat David woke up on the kitchen floor, a paper bag over his head. He'd had that crazy dream again last night. As he poured himself a saucer of milk, he noticed the tatters of his shirt were covered in cat hair. That was odd—he hadn't seen any cats in almost a month, not since that huge, red-eyed tom had bitten him while he was walking on the Scottish moors. David purred quietly as he pondered possible connections. boots tidyman Declawed They thought he was defenseless... They were wrong. OLIVIA AND OLIVER FIGURE SKATERS Olivia and Oliver were moving in perfect harmony. They had just gone through the diagonal step sequence, and were about to enter into the dangerously difficult curve lift, when someone in the sound booth acciden­tally hit shuffle on their iPod, and the soothing strains of Swan Lake were replaced by the dis­tinctive opening guitar riff of Hot for Teacher. xort alien Xort's race had conquered countless planets, but none had fallen quite so easily. Already his people had trained the Earthlings to obey their every psychic command. At night Xort sent updates to the Mothership. Have trained my humans to feed and pet me. They suspect nothing. snooks sophisticated single I'm adventurous! I LOVE water and I can do a perfect cannonball. Caring. Great with kittens. I don't shed at all too much. Gentle. I rarely scratch (unless you want me to!). ;P BREED: Tabby/Tiger BODY TYPE: Furry, soft DECLAWED?: Clawed & LOVING it!! KITTENS: 12-16, unsure NEUTERED?: Tell ya later LOOKING FOR: A sunbeam Old Fur and Claws war hero General Claws was so calm under fire that he often napped in the saddle, and won the Battle of Gerbil Hill while dozing on top of a pleasantly warm cannon muzzle. His tail had been sheared off by musket fire, and he kept it tied around his neck; although it was dismembered, soldiers swore they could still see it twitch sometimes during battle. JOEY (AKA MR. WRINKLES, POOPSY CUTE­SY POOPS, MISTER PRETTY KITTY, RUFFLES POTATO CHIPS FOREHEAD, WHIS­KERS MALONE, FUZZY TUMMY, SCRITCH SCRATCH, BIG TUNA, MIKEY GREEN EYES, TOMMY TWO MEOWS, SHEDZ, JOEY CHEEZ­BURGER, THE COUCH KING, BAD BAD BAD KITTY!, THE BROW, MEOWY PETE, JOEY BAGELS FOR LUNCH, THE COUCH KILLER, MEOWZER, KILLER, SOCKS, SHMOOPY CUTES, SILLY BILLY, THE SILENT MOUSETRAP) BUSINESSMAN SEWENTA MINOR DEITY Other deities always ask me, You're a Hindu god, right? Sometimes I'll pretend to get angry and say NO, I'm GREEK, but honestly, I'm not sure; there are 330 million Hindu gods, so it's hard to keep track. I have four arms like Vishnu (Hindu), but I'm a cat like Bastet (Egyptian), so your guess is as good as mine. Anyhow, if you want to pray to me, go for it. I'll try to help if I can! bodean bayou boy INGRADIENTS • mess a' crawdads • whole heap a' spices • some beer • squirrel-sized block a' butter • frog's blood (fresh) > Serves 6 cats or just Aunt Sassy DIRECSHUNS Mix ever' thing up an hide it in a holler log. Leave 'til it starts tu attract 'gators, then it's dun. Season with donkey sause. Yum! Hjalmar viking Penny PERCEPTIVE Somewhere in Japan, Miss Eguchi opened a can of tuna fish. Marley ghost Marley appeared, translucent and glowing, over Scrooge's bed. He shook his heavy chains. These are the chains I forged in life! he howled. Scrooge batted at the chains with his tiny paw. Hey, stop that, Marley said. Those are metaphors of my greed... Scrooge rolled over onto his back, still swatting at the spectral chains. edison modern marvel TANIS CHIMAERA A creature fearful, of immortal make, is the chimaera. Flapful wings of ter­rible featheriness bedeck her broad back, and hoofy hooves hoover be­lowbacks. Stuck to the hinderparts of this hellish ungulate is a grim-eyed cat orb, which breathes forth flameful flames of flame. Only treats or tummy rubs can stay the beast's wrath. —Homer, from The Iliad KONG EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD Kong scaled higher and higher, but the puny animals still attacked him. He thought of his home in the jun­gle. He thought of the beautiful little girl who had brought him here to the big city. Kong bellowed in rage, and then he felt the lamp begin to tip. LLOYD HOPELESS ROMANTIC What I really want to do with my life—what I want to do for a living—is I want to be with your daughter. I'm good at it. CATMAN SUPERHERO Catman has many powers: He can see at night, climb walls, and survive fall­ing from great heights. He has limited immortality (nine lives, although he lost four of them in the X-tinction War Crossover; see C.R.U.S.H. Puppies #28). He can cause sneezing and itchy eyes in crim­inals with allergies and has catlike agility; he also has catlike speed and strength. His nemesis, Dr. Sunbeam, can plunge Catman into a deep sleep. CATS OF AUSTRALIA MARSUPIAL ˅ DANJURO KABUKI ACTOR The rogues surrounded the samu­rai and beat him with sticks. One grabbed his sword, still in its scabbard, and threw it into the brush. The sa­murai thought he was going to die, but then he heard a strong voice yell Shibaraku! The rogues froze. They turned in terror and beheld the fear­some visage of Kagemasa striding toward them. Philippe, Squirt, Xando, Pierre, Renald, Pounce & Lando the amazing vespucci brothers Charlemagne The Cat of Hearts In 1876 Mad Dog Tannen was shot playing poker in the Pretty Pony while holding a stack of flapjacks, two mop squeezers, and the Calico King (as the Cat of Hearts is commonly called), and ever since then the Man with the Yarn has been considered bad luck. Whether you call him Ted Nugent, Little Slick, or the Devil's Toothbrush, most players just call him The Door, cuz he's the last thing you see before you hit the street. MR. STITCHES CREEPY PUPPET You're a real dummy, you know that? Yes, Mr. Stitches. I gotta think for both of us, don't I? I guess so. If only I could break the curse that keeps me in this wooden prison, I would rule as I did in the Old Days! Yes, Mr. Stitches. Oh, well... We're on in three. Straighten my bowtie. KITTEN NO. 6 PRISONER He didn't have a name. He was Kit­ten Number 6. At night he sawed the bars with a nail file, but his progress was slow. Five kittens were born before him. Five brothers and sisters. And every day he watched as they were carried away by smiling children—borne to what terrible fate he did not know. He didn't have a name, but he did have a dream: freedom. OTTO SEA CAPTAIN The captain had weathered countless storms. Each time, he had crawled from the tub sodden, shaking—but alive. He could always tell when a squall was brewing... And he sensed one now. Mr. Biggle Your Boss Ron was in big trouble. He had bungled the Browne deal, and now he was going to get yelled at by Mr. Biggle himself. Although Ron saw Biggle's name on the building when he walked into work each morning, he'd never seen his boss in person. Entering his office now, he finally understood why everyone whispered Watch out: Biggle's one tough kitten. ZIGGY ROCK STAR GUITAR WEEKLY: Most rock stars have a ton of groupies—but not you. Are the rumors true? Are you neutered? ZIGGY: Oh no, I'm still swinging a hammer. But I'll tell you what else I'm doing, Steve: I'm playing my gui­tar. Every night I make love to her on stage. If she saw me with anoth­er woman, well, I don't know—she might get jealous. Ronald Catfish Most cats didn't like water. But Ronald wasn't like most cats. STELLA CONSTELLATION Cattus Major is visible year-round in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the rarely used thirteenth sign of the zodi­ac, reserved for people born on Feb­ruary 29 during leap years. In me­dieval times, people born under this sign were considered consorts of the devil. Famous Cattuses include Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel. TABBYSAURUS DINOSAUR Millions of years ago, giants roamed the Earth. Of all these fuzzy wuzzy titans, the most deadly and adorable was Tabbysaurus rex: the Thunder Kitty. Its razor-sharp claws were over three feet long, and scientists have concluded—after careful study of the fossil record—that its fur was proba­bly super soft and pettable. TAC SHADOWCAT Stephen knew that people called him a scaredy-cat. They said that he was afraid of his own shadow. Well, they were right. Mr. Tibbles Master of Disguise At the gilded doors outside the opera house, Mr. Tibbles was stopped by security. No cats allowed! the guard barked. From inside, Mr. Tibbles could hear the overture of The Magic Flute just be­ginning. He was in a panic until the Duchess of Worcestershire patted him on the head and whispered, Don't worry, I know how to sneak you in­side. THAG CAVECAT Cave drawing of mouse hunt, circa 5000 B.C. Sassy, Joey, Rex, and Wiggles Homeward Bound They paused to catch their breath at the top of the hill. Sassy surveyed the landscape, miles of forests and mountains stretching to the horizon. He knew they'd find their master no matter how far they had to travel. Joey whistled a chipper song and Rex barked, everyone eager to get moving again. They were so happy and confident, it was hard to believe that by nightfall they'd all be dead. YOjimbo JAPANESE LUCKY CAT A samurai was walking to the Gotokuji Temple when a smiling cat beckoned to him from a shop win­dow. The samurai entered the shop and bought a bottle of sword polish and a lottery ticket that ended up winning 1.5 pounds of gold powder (current value 35,000). Ever since then, cats have been considered wise and lucky spirits. Snickers Hideous Stray Oh look, honey, there's a cat on the porch. Lemme see—oh god! What is it?! The poor kitty looks hungry. I can smell it through the door! I'll get a saucer of milk. Its eye! Like the lidless orb of Sauron, burning into my brain! Here we go, I've got a nice bowl of milk. It doesn't want milk, Marcia. It wants our souls!! carrie, brooke & jessica mean girls RIPLEY EVIL TWIN Dickie's been acting weird lately. What do you mean? Well, last night I woke up and saw him standing at the foot of our bed. What was he doing? Nothing, nothing. He was just standing there and... watching us. Watching us sleep. Huh. Weird. JASPER MUMMY Sarah! The darn cat is playing with the toilet paper again! Is he doing the mummy thing? Take a video! I don't think we should encourage him... But Tim, he's got talent! For the last time: I'm not paying for acting lessons. He's going to law school. yoshi ninja SILENT AS A SHADOW WEIGHTLESS AS MOONLIGHT. STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING DEADLY AS A MOUSETRAP. Anya Russian Nesting Cat Evening prayers drifted down from the minarets. Igor belted a shot of vodka and twisted the head off the doll, revealing a smaller one inside. Within each cat, another cat, he said. New truths are revealed. Others remain hidden. James was tired of riddles. Speaking of truth, he pressed, tell me: Where's the microfilm? Suddenly, a shot rang out! MYSTICO MAGICIAN The Magnificent Mystico had lots of famous illusions—The Yarn of Doom, Multiplying Mice, King Tut's Tomb—but nobody could figure out how he did his big finale, the one where he sawed a dog in half. The answer was simple: He didn't like dogs. PRAIRIE CATS MITTS POLITICIAN Being a Democat came naturally to Mitts. He had no problem toeing the party line. He was pro-sunbeam, pro- tuna, and anti-bath. He believed in lower countertops and higher scratching posts, and supported in­creased funding for both yarn and la­ser-pointer research. There was only one part of his job he couldn't stand: the darn kittens. kittytron transformer Tom Actor Tom loved acting, and he loved cats. But he discovered something about himself after performing on Broadway for ten years: He did not love acting like a cat. AJAX TROJAN CAT This is awesome! Let's wheel it in­side. I don't know, I've got a bad feel­ing about this. Look at my nose! It's twitching like crazy. C'mon, don't be such a scaredy-cat. PLEASE don't say that word. Fluffkins PRINCESS Fluffkins was the prettiest cat in the kingdom, but none of the princes would marry her because they were all human. So the king threw a gala that included an open bar. She's actually quite pretty —for a cat, Prince Pembroke said after five Appletinis. Her nose is so shapely, Prince Brandon mumbled beside him. It was the last thing he remembered until the next morning, when he woke to find Fluffkins curled at the foot of his bed. gilman cthulhu RIGGS UNDERCOVER COP Riggs had been embedded with the pack for a long time—maybe too long. He was starting to enjoy the taste of Milk-Bones, and that scared him. His captain was worried, too. During their last meeting, he'd caught Riggs wagging his tail. That's alright, Riggs, the captain had said. Just make sure the tail isn't wagging you. buzz astronaut cameron dreamboat BREED: Mom was a blue-ribbon Scot­tish Fold; Dad was a tomcat. FAVE THING TO SCRATCH: Records! Ha, ha. MY PERFECT CAT: Don't care what she looks like, as long as she's gorgeous. BIGGEST FEAR: Vacuum cleaners. PETS: Three little girls (the outdoor kind). BEST QUALITY: My cute little pink nose. SUPERPOWER I'D LOVE TO HAVE: The ability to reach out and pet every kitty who listens to my records. FLUFFY VERY FLUFFY A crisp fall breeze ruffled Fluffy's fur. It felt good. She closed her eyes as the wind picked up. She felt so light. She wondered why her owners had never let her outside before, and then she opened her eyes. LOKI KLEPTOMANIAC They both froze: Kevin with his hand on the doorknob, Loki with Kevin's toothbrush in his mouth. The bathroom was silent except for the dripping faucet. The clock radio clicked on in the bedroom; the warm harmonies of Martha and the Vandellas echoed down the hall, and Loki knew there was nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide. CHEERY CHESTER BRAND MASCOT PHIL HIGHER POWER In the beginning, Phil created a ball of yarn. And Phil batted the yarn around for a little while, and he saw that it was good. And then he was like, Well, this is fun, but if I don't get started on the rest of the universe this could take all week. Caulfield Reclusive Author Even in his own home, the mysterious author of The Dogcatcher's Daughter is rarely seen. He's usually hiding un­der the sofa, his owner, Miss M., says. Sometimes I can't find him for days, and then I'll open the dryer and he'll hop out. He's a very shy kitty! Regarding her cat's literary out­put, Miss M. is rather evasive her­self, saying only, I don't read cat books. DON'T CALL ME MEGAN REBELLIOUS TEEN I wish my mother had drowned me in a bucket. Litter is just a synonym for refuse. Nine lives equal nine deaths. Spay me, Dark Lord, I yowl at the moon... alone. LARS WEIGHT LIFTER The world's strongest cat is Lars Leetaru of Junction, Utah. He can deadlift a ball of thick-gauge yarn (3 kg.), flip a full box of cookies off a kitchen counter (125 oz.), and pull a wagon with a small, terrified dog in it the length of a living room. His mass-building diet includes drinking lots of milk right before taking a long nap. JUNE HOUSE CAT Eve came by to borrow some milk yesterday, and she asked me, Isn't it boring to be a house cat? I sup­pose she thinks living outside, eating field mice, and sleeping in trash cans makes her some kind of worldly sage. Well, I've seen what's outside. I have a big bay window whose glass I keep very clean. Sometimes birds fly into it and break their poor little necks. COREY QUINN FORMER CHILD STAR FILMOGRAPHY 1988: Little Stinkers; Shipoppi; The Tiniest President; The Fun Squad! 1989: Mummy Dad; Bummer School 1992: Teens in Space (voice of Prin­cipal Zurg); Butt Police 3, Dog Lovers 1996: Candy Snatchers (uncredited) 2000: Smut Bordello; Bikini Zombies 2008: Corey Quinn: Uncensored (documentary); Sunset Strippers 2014: Little Stinkers 2 (Off-Broadway) CAESAR EMPEROR BOOTS PSYCHO Boots hid in the shadows, tracking his prey. He was a lion. He was a panther. He was vengeance wrought in feline form. He was claw and tooth, bright and quick, aflame with feeling. No eye could frame his fear­ful symmetry. He hid in the shadows. Then his prey wandered past and he could smell the blood just below its skin—and he pounced. ROGER CONSULTANT What do I consult on? Well, as an accredited associate, I confabulate in a wide variety of sectors, but I specialize in perfor­mance consultation vis-à-vis conduit optimization. My expert advice primarily consists of initiative execution—not to be misconstrued as sector analysis/input. Confusing you say? Perhaps... perhaps to the uneducated. Of course, that's why people hire me. DELIVERY NO. 3 CAT? The animal arrived at Petco in an un­marked carrier, and the staff was im­mediately faced with a dilemma: They didn't know what section of the store to place it in. Was it a bat? Or maybe a....ole? Tom suggested using the process of elimination, so after care­fully checking the thing for feathers, they confidently crossed bird off their list, then ran to fill up a fish tank. randy elasticat logan cosplayer duke catnip enthusiast We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the'nip began to take hold. ARIEL TATTOO Bro, what's that, is that a tattoo? Oh, uh, no. Dude, it looked like a tattoo. It was, but it's nothing. What's it a tattoo of? It's a... tiger. Fighting a python. Really? Because it looked like it was a... sexy cat lady or something. Ha! That's crazy. No, no, no. Tiger and snake. Hey, you need another beer, bro? Pepper Curious 1. How does a lawn mower work? 2. Is that bulldog friendly? 3. How high can I climb in this tree? 4. What's the inside of the clothes dryer smell like? 5. What does antifreeze taste like? 6. Why do my owners tell me not to nap under the car? 7. Can I fly? 8. How many rubber bands can I eat? 9. Do I really have nine lives? muffin alarm clock Claw Island Treasure Map The isle is named for the deadly reefs, sharp as claws, which surround it, so you must enter at Whisker's Inlet. Hook east 'round the shoulder of Fuzz Mountain, down into Tummy Wummy Valley and past the Shedding Forest until you reach the Southern Haunch. The treasure lies at the southern end of the island, inside a rank cavern the natives, for whatever reason, call Cat Butt Cove. LUCKY WHISKERS ACTION HERO in SCOOTER DAREDEVIL The trick was less dangerous than it looked. Toby was a well-trained dog, and Scooter had a metal plate in his head ever since his famous Clothes Dryer of Doom stunt went wrong. But Toby was still an animal, and Scooter knew someday Toby would give in to his instincts and eat him. That was al­right though. The ride was wild while it lasted. coco fashion victim Let the kid give Coco a haircut, they said. What's the worst that could happen? they said. mosi spirit animal The seeker had fasted for three hours, and was getting light-headed. He crawled into his sacred sweat lodge—a Toyota sitting in the sun with all the windows rolled up—and ate the shiitake mushrooms he'd found growing fuzz under the fridge. His mind opened like a lotus. He saw fire in an ancient forest, and his spirit animal rose up before him through the smoke. Secretly, he was disappointed it wasn't a bear. RUSTY COOL DAD Hey son, what's up? Can we hang for a sec? Look, I know it's gnarly being a teenager. Your body is changing, you're starting to think about girls—or boys, whatever—you're experimenting with e-ciga­rettes—I've been there. I've listened to Pink Floyd. I just want you to know that if you need someone to rap with, I'm cool. Oh, and yo: Can you accept my friend request? Other­wise I can't see your wall. FRANK MIXED BREED Suddenly the creature was illuminated by a flash of lightning. My god, doctor, his assistant gasped, What is it!? It's a Himalayan Longhair/Egyp­tian Shorthair/Scottish Fold/Maine Coon/Siamese/Persian mix. Its pedigree is an abomination! Pedigree? He laughed, thunder booming outside. What pedigree? Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers Spiegel your True Self Todd removed all the mirrors from his home, but he couldn't stay inside forever, so occasionally he'd round a corner somewhere and come face- to-face with a grizzled stranger—realizing only after a confused moment that the stranger was himself. That was okay, though. More troubling were the times when he recognized the stranger immediately—and far too well. thundercats Daisy Wild at Heart Morowa heard something. She lift­ed her bloody maw from the kill and scanned the savannah: senegals and jackleberries dotting brown hills that rolled to a shimmering horizon. She was just about to resume feeding when she heard it again. It was a strange noise, one that didn't belong here. It almost sounded like... a can opener. HELMUT ARTIST My work grapples with the loss of identity quadrupeds suffer under the oppressive pedagogy of a bipedal society. A dead bird in a shoe; a baby's breath stolen at night; a hair sculpture made by my stomach: These totems deconstruct cultural norms like witches' consorts and YouTube jesters and recapture our bestial essence. Romero persistent The cat came back the very next day. The cat came back,we thought he was a goner. But the cat came back. He just wouldn't stay away. TUCKER AGORAPHOBIC Tucker loves going for walks. Really? It doesn't look like he enjoys it. Sure he does! Look, he's shaking with joy! He's really digging those claws into the ground, huh? Well, he's excited. He knows we're going to the pool. Drax superVillain He had a secret lair inside a volca­no, the magma cleverly diverted so it flowed down the walls. He had a black yacht with a mini-sub and heli­copter. He had a thousand henchmen, each of them a master of kung fu. He even had a cool scar! In a sudden moment of clarity he realized that he had... everything. Everything he had ever wanted. He pressed the intercom button. Cancel the evil scheme. I'm content. PATTON BIG FAN Claw, Bobcats, claw Claw your way to the top! Scratch, Bobcats, scratch Scratch and screech and never stop! We will nap briefly at halftime, and nap after the game, but we'll never, never, never nap (trumpet solo) UNTIL VICTORY WE CLAIM! abbie just a normal cat I am a totally normal cat! I am not superintelligent or the next phase in evolution. I am not the cat you saw on the news, the one who escaped from a government lab. You can get me wet and feed me after midnight, because I am just a normal cat you should leave unattended near a com­puter, your car keys, and 2 kg. of re­fined plutonium. Meow! I'm a cat. Doogie Horner's previous books include Everything Explained Through Flowcharts and 100 Ghosts. You can find him online at doogiehorner.com. The author would like to thank Jennie Thwing, Jason Rekulak, and Peter Steinberg. Also of course Bruce Tracy, Janet Vicario, Ariana Abud, Marta Jaremko, and all the other wonderful people at Workman Publishing. Copyright © 2015 by Doogie Horner Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Doogie Horner All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced—mechanically, electronically, or by any other means, including photocopying—without written permission of the publisher. Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available. ISBN 978-0-7611-8706-6 Design by Doogie Horner Workman Publishing Co., Inc. 225 Varick Street New York, NY 10014-4381 workman.com WORKMAN is a registered trademark of Workman Publishing Co., Inc. What are the names of the cats that are described as a constellation and a dinosaur?

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