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CHAPTER 1
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JUSTIFICATION WELL, ladies and gentlemen, don't be disdainful and he simply amused by this unprecedented event in the annals of literature. Whoever has heard of a cat telling the world the story of her life! And a common, plebeian, so-to-say, cat at that. Worse still ; a “criminal” cat-by parentage. But to this highly interesting, in the sociological scnse, part of my story I shall come by and by. I know you are intrigued ; in spite of the apparently amused disdain at this feline venture into literature, you are curious to hear the story. And, be sure, you won't be disappointed. It is going to be an instructive, if not a fascinating story. You see, I am not altogether unequipped for the task. I have a not too modest opinion of myself. Lack of modesty is a condition for success in literary venture. If writers were handicapped with this virtue, perhaps many of the dubiously bright lights in the firmament of literature would never shine. There are cynics who would mutter with grim humour, “That might not have been such a great misfortune”. Though not an admirer of cynicism, by which I mean the temperament that results from either a faulty or too good a digestion, I am never
