the graduate

Sassy Saffron Sassifras, I, Seville the Cat, hereby decree that you have graduated from uh...

Umm...

Well...

Well whatever that course was, I was teachin'.

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So anyway...

So anyway, my dear brother, Saffy Saffron Sassifras, has FINALLY figured out the difference between a swat and a tap, and now that he has - figured out the difference, that is - he's usin' his newly found knowledge ALL OVER THE PLACE, for sure.

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What?  What's that, Saffy?  What's that you're babblin' on about now?

Yeah, I know it's usually the peep who does all the babblin', but today it appears to be you.

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So anyway...

So anyway, it appears that Saffy...

Huh.  Saffron, what WAS that you were babblin'...  I mean, askin', before?

Oh yeah.

Okay, so it appears that my brother Saffy Saffron Sassifras isn't too keen on my tellin' you all 'bout how he has ONLY NOW figured out when to swat and/or biff, and when it's more appropriate to tap.

Guess he thinks that's somethin' he should have learned long ago.

As do I.  But what's a scratch or two on the legs of a peep?

Or three.  Or four.   Or quite a few more.

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But anyway....

But anyway, like I was sayin', Saffy Saffron Sassifras now knows the difference between swats and taps.  Used to be, Peepers would walk past and he'd give her leg a right good ol' swat.  Sometimes, even a bite.  But usually just a really good swat.  But with claws out, and everythin'.  

In fact, Saffron was swattin' the peep so much, Peepers was thinking 'bout buyin' shares in peroxide and bandages and stuff.  I, on the other paw, was considerin' buyin' shares in ear plugs.

Why ear plugs, you ask?

YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LOUD A PEEP SQUEALS WHEN SWATTED WITH CLAWS?

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But now, thanks to yours truly, Saffron understands that when a peep is walkin' past, it's far better to gently tap her leg.  Without usin' any claws.

'Cause when a kitty does that...

Gently tap a peep leg without usin' his claws...

THERE ARE NO EARDRUM SPLITTIN' SQUEALS TO BE HEARD.

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Plus, peeps tend to find these taps very endearin'.  Endearin' enough to offer up treats.

AND EVERYONE KNOWS SAFFY AND I LOVE OUR TREATS.

Next course starts in September and will be about the dos and don'ts of injectin' a pawful of claws into peeps' knees.

For the purpose of haulin' oneself up into standin' positions.

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