Godot, Featured Cat of the Month

Since Godot is our Cat Elder, he is our Santa Cat this holiday season. After all, his favorite toy is a Santa Mouse--he has two of them, a red and a green one--because he carries it as sort of a gift, which he deposits either as a welcome present in front of his chosen recipient or he leaves it on the spot where he would like someone to appear for him. The Santa Mouse is either a token of love or a welcoming gesture. For example, when I was outside during our recent blizzard, I came home to find a Santa Mouse toy in front of the door, which meant that Godot wished me to return home safely and soon. I am not anthropomorphizing; I have had several years' experience observing Godot with his Santa Mouse toys. He is constantly plopping them down in front of his beloved Karma. But he also plopped a Santa Mouse toy in front of a hole in the bathroom doorway wall, when he was welcoming real mice into the house--so that he could catch them and eat them. Therefore, it is not always a gesture of love in the strictest sense of the word, since in welcoming mice into the house, Godot was acknowledging his love of catching them.