Our cat Farquhar (Farqie)liked to sit in the jam kettle on the stove. I would keep it on the back burner (burner was NOT lit!) during jam-making season, as it was difficult for me to get it on and off the top shelf of the pantry where I store it. One day I went in to the kitchen for a drink, and heard this noise from the stove, and Farqie's head popped up over the rim of the kettle, as he sat up and yawned at me.

We also had a tote bag made of rag rug material, and he loved that bag. He would try to sit on it, even when there were hard lumpy things in it. If he was being naughty, I would pick him up, and put him on that bag, and he would just settle right down and take a nap.