“Good afternoon! So you actually want to talk to me? I’m quiet and gentle and certainly not carrying on like that big grey rumblefish over there. Goodness! I thought I was happy here until he arrived. He stares at me; it’s not polite. He’s not polite! Oh, well, let’s talk instead about me!”

“I am a fine tortie woman, well-distributed colors across my soft fur. Somehow, I lost my front claws, so I'll not be tackling rumblefish! I call myself Fariba, an excellent old Persian name that means lovely, charming, and enticing. I am certainly all of those fine qualities, and I am also dignified. That is the word I choose for me, a woman of dignity. I am seeking my forever people who don’t necessarily have to be dignified – but who will appreciate that I am – and that I do not do Silly. Well, except for the fact that I really like to stick my tongue out. Everyone has their thing.”

“I am loving and gentle and speak softly to good people who pet me and tell me I am beautiful. I do not rumble and tumble, although I can appreciate a catnip mouse, banana, or carrot if one is presented to me. However, right now I need to wash my face because you used that camera thing to take my picture – and, no doubt, put some other cat’s cooties on me. Wash! Wash! Fariba is a lady; no cooties!”

“I understand that I came to Feline Rescue all the way from Iowa. I am pleased to see that Feline Rescue is not end-to-end, wall-to-wall corn. Corn! Corn! And I even once saw a pig or two. I am, overall, happy to be here, confidently seeking my people who will both appreciate and cherish me. I hope you are my people – people who want and need a fine tortie woman in their life. I am Fariba, your fine tortie woman. Please offer these good people $120 and take me home – forever.”