Squeaky -
leaving you alone again is cruel of Mary Claire.
But Edda, she took me to a lot of tournaments and beauty contests for cats.
THAT IS WORSE THAN STAYING AT HOME ALONE !!
And when the master of ceremonies declared : "The European Champion (or winner of this show in dreadful Katzenellenbogen)is : CARNABY !!!"

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Just guess, what I got ! Those unthinking humans never draped a nice fat fish around my neck, just a clinky medal, or they placed an ugly brass cup in front of me (empty, of course).
Now Edda is busy polishing all that useless stuff every week. Serves her right.