he's makin' me look bad

'Cause you're makin' me look bad, that's why.  Saffy, you're makin' me look bad!

MOUSES!

I'm tellin' ya, it's like that brother of mine TRIES to make me look bad.

MOUSES!

So anyway...

So anyway, it turns out that Saffy Saffron Sassifras has taken a likin' to the sleepin' on beds.

With peeps.

Can you believe it?

MOUSES!

That's right, I caught the lad sleepin' on a bed the other night, curled right up next to Peepers' knees.  And he was purrin' up a storm, too.  Makin' Peepers get that warm and fuzzy feelin' peeps get when they hear a kitty purrin' and bein' happy and content and all that jazz.

Darn cat is out to make me look bad.  He...

What's that?   You're wonderin' how Saffy bein' all cute and cuddly and finally sleepin' on the bed next to Peepers, even though she's been tryin' to get him to cuddle-snuggle with her at night for the past year and a half to no avail...  So you're wonderin' how that makes me, Seville the Cat, look bad?

Well...

WELL 'CAUSE I, SEVILLE THE CAT, DON'T DO THAT, YOU SEE.

MOUSES!

That's right, I've never been a sleepin' with the peeps kinda cat.  Never ever.  Never ever in all my nine lives have I ever been a cat who likes sleepin' on beds.  NEVER.

Cuddlin' up next to 'em on the chesterfield durin' one of my favourite shows is one thing.  THAT, I like.  Who am I kiddin'?  I LOVE that kinda thing.  A kitty gets chin tickles and behind the ear scritches and tummy rubs for doin' that.

But sleepin' on beds?

With peeps?

Never.

MOUSES!

And for the last seventeen months or so since Saffron came to live inside with us, he felt the very same way.  Peepers would pick him up and plunk him down on the bed, but as soon as she let go, Saffron would be down and headin' out the door again.

Wise cat.

MOUSES!

But now...

Now, Saffron has decided that beds are comfortable and peeps are good things to lean up against.  And he has discovered that sometimes - SOMETIMES - while sleepin' on a bed, a kitty might even get an extra little tummy rub or somethin' like that.

And...

And he's tellin' the peep he likes it.

Yup, he's tellin' her he likes sleepin' with her by stayin' there and purrin' the whole night through.

MOUSES!

So now...

So now, on account of my not bein' willin' to sleep on a bed next to a peep, Saffron's willingness to do such foolish things is Makin'. ME. Look. Bad.

And it's totally unacceptable, for sure.

Gosh darn it, I'm probably gonna have to start sleepin' with a peep, too.

MOUSES!

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And remember:

IF IN DOUBT,

DON'T. GO. OUT.

Continue to practice SOCIAL DISTANCIN' measures

AND KEEP WASHIN' YOUR PAWS.

MOUSES!

Remember to mask up, too.