“Hi! Hi! I’m a fancy woman! Notice me! I am a dancing, prancing calico tortie – the kind of cat you can’t forget. Of course, I’m showing off. It’s a calico thing – and a tortie thing. We show off because, frankly, we’re beautiful – and we want you to notice that we are beautiful. A dynamic streak sailing with purpose across the room! Calista!”

“Let’s get serious here! Come play with me, study my modernist design – many colors all over me. Fascinating, don’t you think? Notice, too, my bright, quite green eyes. Such shiny eyes – not one for disappearing into the dark, not Calista. Are you ready to play? Bring me cat toys! Let me show you my big bug with the stringy legs. I throw it in the air! I pounce it! I chew its legs. Ha!”

“That’s as silly as I get, but I am happy to amuse you if you need to be amused. I know many things and may share them, may not. OK, I admit I am looking for a home. I think I prefer a one-cat (me) home, don’t care for the idea of sharing my people with other cats. We could discuss it, I suppose. $120 is Calista’s fee – covers her food and bed and toys destroyed. And, yes, I’m worth it! Way worth it!”