Disparate Housecats of Daytona Beach, Episode 47

Gangstas at the Gate of Morpheus M&S know that old cat slave must get up in the wee, wee hours of the morning for la pee de nuit. When he returns they have occupied their cherished positions of inquisiting Cerberia to make his re-entry to the realm of sleep as difficult as possible. Sometimes posing as good cop, bad cop; sometimes as the obstacles Scylla and Charybdis; sometimes as large hellish canines that must be pacified with salmon cakes (no honey, please); or more recently as sentient rabbits with questions about swallows (fortunately for them, slave no longer remembers the Pythonic antecedent and foil for this game). "It is always fun to taunt the slave in his stupored anxiety to return to dream state. Even a well-aimed and armed paw will send him into shrieks of painful terror. Then he is awake for hours cuddling with us, thinking that will keep us from doing it again. HA! Fie we say on thy attempts to make amends." Poor, poor pussies - so misunderstood.