“Hey, hey, hey! Here I am! I am Sabastian Richard, and I am not a hair stylist, although I’d be happy to run my furry cat paws through your hair! Also around your toes. It takes a lot of Cat to carry two names, and I am a lot of Cat – not by size but by personality. I am also fast and smart. Mrrow! I hope you’re here to play with me.”

“I know my case file says I’m an orange tabby – and I do have stripes. But I’m less orange than I am yellow. Didn’t Crayola have a color “yellow – orange”? That would be me. My paler stripes are definitely yellow. I call myself a faded tiger – maybe it’s “dilute tiger” in cat color parlance. My point is: I’m unusual, different, and interesting to see. So, come to Feline Rescue and see me!”

“I am certainly tiger-hearted – strong and powerful – and in pursuit of toys with prey-like qualities. I run, I chase, I leap, and I knock stuff across the room just to see it move. If we had some tall grass in here – like savannah grass, I’d sleek through it with my long tiger body. All you would see is rippling grass until, rowwf, up pops Sebastian Richard, all yellow and tiger-ish.”

“Get me some toys. Show me some prey. I am friendly. I like people. I consider entertaining people to be my role in the universe. Yes, you can love on me – and I will love back on you. But, then, you need to let me continue my exploration and my prey-finding. OK, green sock mouse, you are now SR’s prey. Run, mouse! Run! Faster than that! Whap! Down, mouse, down!”

“Say, have you noticed my tail? A lot of long tail, well-striped, too. I am Sebastian Richard, a seriously fine Cat. I think I may grow up to be a rock band, alt rock, I think, not metal or grunge. ‘Now appearing – Live! Saturday Only! Sabastian Richard and the Green Sock Mice! Tickets $120 at the door!’”

For your very own yellow-orange tabby rock band, bring $120 to Feline Rescue. Rehearsals begin now!”