that's a good one, for sure

Oh, that's a good one, Saffy.  That's a good one, for sure.

Why, it's so very good...

I'm wonderin' why I didn't think of it, myself.

MOUSES!

I know, I know...  I know what you're thinkin'.  You're thinkin' I'm gonna tell you what Saffy Saffron Sassifras did that was so very good.  And do you know somethin', my friends?

Well, DO you?

You do!

Yup, you most definitely do know somethin', on account of your bein' absolutely right.  I AM gonna tell you what Saffy did that was so very, very good.  In fact, I'm gonna tell you all about it, right now.

MOUSES!

So in case you didn't know, my brother Saffron loves spendin' time with the peeps.  Peep #1 - aka Peepers - in particular.  Somethin' to do with her bein' the one who spent eighteen months gainin' his trust and coaxin' him inside.

Well, either that or the fact that the woman can't count.  It's true.  She offers a kitty a couple of treats and a couple almost invariably ends up bein' seven or eight; so clearly, Peepers can't count,  Nope, not even to two.  Now, I would call her silly or mathematically challenged or somethin' like that, but...

But...

BUT HER INABILITY TO COUNT ALMOST ALWAYS WORKS IN OUR FAVOUR.

MOUSES!

But back to the subject at paw: Saffron's special time with the peep.

So anyway, he'll hop up onto the bed or sofa to get up close to the peep.  And then he'll start to purr and purr.  AND purr.  And THEN Peepers will start ticklin' him behind his ears and under his chin, and...

AND...

AND KISS THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

Well, once the kissin' stuff starts, Saffron will headbutt the peep.  He'll rub his head up against her arms or her back, tryin' to get closer and closer, to get more attention.  And to tell her that he loves her, too, 'cause durin' these sessions there's a lot of "you're such a good boy" and "I love you so much" bein' said.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT.

Turns out, though, all this headbuttin' has nothin' to do with Saffron lettin' Peepers know how much he loves her.  Which he does, I suspect, but that's not what the headbuttin' is about.

Yup, Saffy confessed it all to me, last night.  APPARENTLY, he headbutts her right after she kisses the top of his head.

EVERY time.

WITHOUT FAIL.

And THAT'S how he manages to wipe off the peep germs left behind after all those kisses, he says.

Brilliant, or what?

MOUSES!

'Cause in case you didn't already know, it's very hard for a kitty to wash the top of his head.  Oh sure, you can swipe a paw over it or somethin', but you can't give it a really good scrubbin' with your tongue, on account of no kitty's tongue bein' able to reach all the way up onto the top of said kitty's head. 

And furs covered in peep germs NEED scrubbin' for sure.

Fact.

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.