Memoirs of a Cat-Stroking Man

Yes, it's true: I've stroked a lot of cats in my time.

Never have I kicked one, tied fireworks to one's tail or hung one from a washing line.

But it's true: I have stroked a lot of cats in my time.

Now, we cat strokers don't get much attention for what we do. History doesn't remember us as it does the adventurers and the entertainers, the rulers and the warriors of the world: people whose short stay on Earth is noisier, sexier, more explosive.

But it is my dream to one day publish my Memoirs of a Cat-Stroking Man, and my hope that in doing so I will prove cat stroking to be a great and noble endeavour, both vital and worthy. From that day forward cat strokers the world over will be as respected and revered as history's bolder sons and daughters are today.

'Memoirs of a Cat-Stroking Man'

Story by Benjamin Palmer

Illustration by Iván Quintero

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