In order to carry on the family tradition, Maru must demonstrate to Kitten Miri the time-honored art of smooshing his big fat face through tiny little holes.
After the demonstration, the moment of truth: Has Miri learned well from the master? Or did she sleep through the class?
Success! Miri is on her way to boxing greatness. For his reward, Maru is given his heart’s desire: Real human ears!
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Like any good patriarch, Maru establishes traditions that his family will carry forward for generations. And so Hana and Kitten Miri dutifully join Maru for the traditional wearing of the beer boxes.
To live in Maru’s world requires constant vigilance against the strange dark forces from the outside. Today the living room has been invaded by a rhinoceros beetle they’re not allowed to whap.
To guard against future invasions, Maru patrols the house wearing his threat detection helmet, containing an array of thermal hyper-spectral sensors that can locate intruders even if Maru is merely thinking about them.
Maru must also train the next generation to patrol, and so Kitten Miri attempts so master the threat detection helmet. It does not go well.
This week we find Maru in the grip of a paralyzing ennui. He seeks not the comfort of the box nor the exhilaration of the swing. He can only contemplate the riddle of his existence: Why am I cat? Do I even want to cat? Maybe I am log now.
Clearly, something must be done to lift him from this torpor, and so it is decided that a rearranging of the furniture will lift everyone’s spirits and let them rediscover old pleasures as if they were new.
The change has the desired effect, and soon a reinvigorated Maru is revisiting old haunts such as the high catwalk, where he steps gracefully across the uneven surfaces in a sort of cautious, slow-motion parkour.
Returning to ground level, he notices Kitten Miri struggling to fit into a box. Offering his sage wisdom, Maru demonstrates that the box does not contain us, it is we who contain the box.
To further demonstrate, he steps into the Excellent Breathable Box mark III, which has been enhanced with the ability to serve as formal wear.
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