Feline Enlightenment

I RECENTLY had to wrap some large parcels and our cat finally discovered the elusive ball of twine that is the very source of his current string obsession (his previous knowledge of such arcane wisdom having been limited to a single strand).

I suppose, in the mind of the average feline, at least, that this unexpected revelation is rather like discovering the lost continent of Atlantis, getting one's paws on the Holy Grail or realising that the world really is controlled by a self-seeking Zionist cabal.

Meanwhile, the fact that he has now gone back to sleep is probably some kind of analogy for the general apathy of Western civilisation. Or Portuguese cats.