We have a new visitor, Casey. I just saw her. She's a tortoiseshell cat and she lives with Queen Mother Whitegoose's daughter, the Royal Princess Whitegoose. Princess Whitegoose calls her Spooky because she found her on Halloween.

I heard that Spooky was starving when Whitegoose took her in and that she and is still very hungry. On the other hand I suddenly am receiving 1 quart sweet cream and 2 pounds fresh cod daily. I think it's a computer glitch but maybe not. Mary Claire was muttering something about Al Capone and veiled threats from someone called the Empress Meeouw of Klingonia as she fed me. It was so much food that I have a nice doggy bag to share with Spooky.

PS. I wish Spooky's tail wasn't so luxuriously fluffy. Mine is a little on the sparse side. Maybe it will grow fluffier now that Mary Claire has decided to stop starving me.

To Baroness Adelaide von Braun !!
Dear mother --
There are now too many cats aboard SS Incredibable.
They are always up to something.
The message you rejected, had a built-in virus to submit it to Mary Claire in Chicago. Now the poor lady is going broke by buying fresh cod and sweet cream for Squeaky.
Mary Claire is not a granddaughter of Al Capone. I met them all in Tony Gunn's Garage years ago, and Mary Claire was not present (sigh).

Reinhard is grumbling about us cats being too many aboard.
The real reason is Mrs. Grundy and her book about manners.
She recited to us from her book, that it is highly amoral for tomcats and ladycats, to use the same litter box. Also she found out, that the dancing frogs are using her private backstage restroom.
So now Reinhard is to fly his V2 rocket to famous desert planet DUNE. There he must get sandfilled litter boxes :
A pink one for Squeaky, Spooky, and Piaf.
A blue one for me.
A green one for the frogs.
He complains about the waste of rocket fuel.

I had no idea that it was bad manners and AMORAL to use the same litter box. The litter box was always the very best place to hear the latest gossip. Now what will happen?

Reinhard please don't go on your errand for Mrs. Grundy. I don't think I'm going to like separate boxes and Carnaby will be lonely. As for the dancing frogs I think that they should use Mrs. Grundy's powder room all they like since they seem quite happy with it. Why can't Mrs. Grundy use a litter box if the frogs are in the way?

A celebration dinner is ready to welcome you aboard.
As you had been starving for some time, generous portions of chopped liver and cat mint leaves are waiting.
But hurry up ! The dancing frogs will do a Welcome Ballet for you ! At the moment they are testing your dinner.
NO, FROGS !! THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER HELPING FOR Y'ALL !! FIRST THE BALLETT !!