Traveling cats
@wilsongoddard (7291)
United States
November 19, 2021 6:43am CST
Ours are traveling cats. The girl has traveled since she was a kitten (and is now an *ahem* "experienced" kitten), and the boy has now managed three trips to his credit.
This morning, I was thinking about cats who travel. The thought took route during a rather weird dream and continued as I awoke (for a second time this morning, since I was originally awake at 3). I started thinking about two of my favorite fictional kitties with a taste for travel--Koko and Yum Yum of The Cat Who... book series. Not only did they travel, but Koko would even lend a paw in solving mysteries!
I don't think that either of our cats is inclined toward a career as a detective, though. In fact, I fear that our boy would be more inclined to chew on the evidence.
Have you read The Cat Who... series? Who are some of your favorite fictional felines?
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
19 Nov 21
Yes, I've read those. They're pretty good books.
Terry Pratchett's "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" was really funny.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
19 Nov 21
I haven't read that, but I know a couple of tabbies who would approve of that title. 
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
19 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Strangely, I've never sat down with his stuff. However, I have started watching Good Omens, which was adapted from the novel he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman (whom I have read).
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
19 Nov 21
@wilsongoddard Terry Pratchett wrote some amazingly good books. I've enjoyed them all several times.
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@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
22 Nov 21
@wilsongoddard Even though the Garfield movies were designed for kids, I watched and loved them
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
19 Nov 21
I read some of those books, and I think my mom has read the whole series. I used to have a cat who liked to travel. You have to start them when they are young.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
20 Nov 21
Our boy is technically a young adult, but he still has kitten brain. Hopefully, he is still young enough to be flexible enough in terms of stuff like this that he develops a real taste for travel.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
20 Nov 21
A reporter and his two cats who tend to find murder mysteries. They are cozy mysteries; unlike many cozies, though, the amateur sleuth is male.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
21 Nov 21
You should expand your feline literary repurrtoire.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
20 Nov 21
That is as it should be.
My late boy was rather fond of poetry. He liked it when I read poems to him. He was quite the kitty. 
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
19 Nov 21
I haven´t read those. But I remember that my grandson read heaps of cat detective novels.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
19 Nov 21
Your grandson has good taste in reading materials.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
21 Nov 21
I've never read it, but it sounds like something that I would enjoy.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
20 Nov 21
@wilsongoddard That’s it. I have The Cat Who Talked Turkey.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
22 Nov 21
@RubyHawk I haven't read that one yet; I am about halfway through the series.
I've started buying the books, because I decided that I actually want to have them in my permanent collection rather than merely borrowing them from the library. There are a few other series (i.e., Cadfael) that I want to add as well.
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