“It’s all about The Tail! The Tail, The Tail, The Fabulous Tail! And it’s mine. And I’m Zinky. And I could be yours – with The Fabulous Tail! What is The Tail? It’s kinky, it’s curly, it’s zinky – and I am Zinky. Come see me at Feline Rescue – and believe me. I went looking for my cousins on the internet, and I found there are other cats with Fabulous Tails, usually in community cat colonies – and in places like Bahrain and Singapore and Malaysia. So we’re exotic! Zinky, Zinky, Zinky!”

“I’ll finish The Tail Tale – I’ve got other important things to say, too. So Cat People – people who study cats – say that Fabulous Tails are usually genetic but, sometimes, they can happen from neurological damage. I am pretty sure my neurological – whatever that is – is not damaged. Nothing about Zinky is damaged. She is a Fabulous Cat with a Fabulous Tail.”

“More: I am smart. I am nice. I want to play with you. Play with me? Sure, play with me! One thing I don’t understand – how come you two-leggeds spend your time putting information in those flat boxy things and on pads of paper? You spend a lot of time doing that. Don’t you know all the information you need is all around you? Just sniff for it. Sniff the shoes, sniff the chairs, especially sniff corners. Everything you’d ever need to know is all recorded everywhere. But you have to sniff for it. Simple. Zinky is now sniffing up this bathroom. She misses nothing. She even opens the cupboard doors!”

“I am Zinky. I have a Fabulous Tail. I am really smart. I solve logistic and strategic problems and design systems without a thought. Maybe the power is in The Tail. If you have a universe, Zinky is prepared to manage it. Yes, Zinky is calico, as well as exotic and smart. Play with me! You’ll be glad you did. And stuff $120 in your pockets to give to Feline Rescue so I can go to your house and be Zinky! And that’s my Tale and all there is to it!”