Dearest Sadie, you are the cutest little black kitty I've seen since my little Thaddeus of loving memory. He was a slender thing, too, and coal black. He, sadly, never came home one day. That was when I was only ten years old and nobody knew that cats were safest indoors.

Don't worry about your mama thinking that you are a troublemaker--good grief, little cats are born to trouble as the sparks fly upward! That's where all the humor and entertainment come from when you live with cats. I've got a little girlcat, Dinah Lee, who is into trouble ALL DAY LONG, and I love her to distraction.

Sadie, stay close to home, love your mama, and do at least one naughty thing every day and you will have a long life and happiness always!