“Good afternoon, good day, indeed! I am Cheshire, and I’m sure I’ve posted my picture around here somewhere, but just go find your childhood copy of Alice in Wonderland and look me up! I’m charming, wise, given to witticisms, quite round. Also, I grin a lot. LOL, I say, I am Cheshire, and I’ll bet you’ll be surprised to learn that I’m a woman, a lady, a girl – and not a guy!”

“I’m as tabby as tabby can be because Cheshire Cats are tabby cats because that’s what we are. I have dustings of red over my tabbiness, could probably be a tortie if I worked at it – but I’d rather not. I am a tabby and, frankly, I am lots of tabby. My case notes say I was picked up by Animal Control. You’d think they might have noticed that I was rapidly removing mice from that neighborhood and let me do it. But the mice have political clout, don’t you know, so – here I am.”

“And I am here and, yes, I am. I’m as friendly as can be, not terribly fond of other cats because I do like to be the center of attention. Attention! Attention! Watch Cheshire work on these toys! Cheshire loves toys. She loves people. She wraps around your ankles, oh, yes! Watch Cheshire with two toys at once! Watch Cheshire roll over and wink at you. Are you amused? Are you entertained? I am grinning!”

“Cheshire is lively. Cheshire is charming. Cheshire is a Cat. Cat! Cat! I love being a Cat. I’d love to be Your Cat, Your Forever Cat, Your Very Tabby Tabby Cat. I found this bed, see. Just found it, sitting right here on my floor, so I crawled in and sniffed around. Know what I sniff? Ooh, Orange Guy Cat! Where is he? Cheshire wants you, Orange Guy Cat! And Cheshire wants her People. She so hopes you are her People – Forever. How about $120? I will grin and grin and play with you! You! You! Yes, You!”