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[candlelightchen]

The moon is like a coin flipped in slow motion

me

[candlelightchen]

Unemployed Cat (part 6)

Black Suit Cat looked left and right. After making sure that there were no other cats around, he hunched and patted Unemployed Cat’s shoulders. Unemployed Cat hunched obediently. Two cats’ heads were put together.

“Unemployed Cat,” says Black Suit Cat with a magnetic voice, “I know you are listening to me very devotedly. I have never seen a cat before that is so respectful to lollipops. Therefore, I can give you a special and exclusive offer. No other cats ever have offers like this!”

“Really!?”

“Why do I lie to you!” Black Suit Cat patted his chest, “But even if you buy this lollipop with such a low price, you mustn’t show it off before other cats. I am willing to sell this lollipop to you with such a low price, is because I am deeply touched by your selfless and persistent love for it. I will never sell to anyone that does not love lollipops, even with a price 10 or 20 times more. Selling to those cats who are fishing for fame is a huge disrespect to this lollipop and our boss ‘Extra Super Famous Cat’. Therefore, instead of saying that you buy the lollipop, it is better to say that the lollipop chooses you. This is the destiny all planned by God Cat!”

Unemployed Cat nodded his head, asking him to go on.

“My bro, do you want this lollipop?” asked Black Suit Cat.

“I want this lollipop.”

“Do you want this lollipop eagerly?”

“I want this lollipop eagerly.”

“Do you want this lollipop no matter what?”

Unemployed Cat hesitated. Black Suit Cat rubbed his shoulders and said,”Bro, show your enthusiasm for this lollipop!”

“I ... I want this lollipop no matter what!”

“Good! You have past the final trial of buying this lollipop! I am pleased to be your Witness Cat, to give you this box of lollipop.” Black Suit Cat handed the box and an extra paper to Unemployed Cat seriously. Unemployed Cat read the paper. It said, “When I touch this paper using my claws, I agree with the following terms automatically.

I, Unemployed Cat, agree to buy one ‘Never Ending Stream’-flavored lollipop, which is made using the most fashionable nanotechnology and telepathic experiments; which is also sponsored exclusively by Extra Super Famous Cat.

$10000 paid.” 

“$10000!?” cried Unemployed Cat, “Why is it so expensive!?”

“This is the lowest price of all time. It is the minimum respect to the lollipop.” said Black Suit Cat, “I have mentioned earlier that you are not be able to buy this treasure for 10 times the price in other occasions.”

“However...”

“Is this lollipop important, or your trivial $10000?” Sales-Cat was annoyed, “Unemployed Cat, I am truly disappointed with you. Where is your passion, enthusiasm and love for the lollipop now?”

“I ...I don’t have this much money!”

“You don’t have money? That is a problem EASY to solve!” Sales-Cat pulled out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and turned around. The atmosphere changed suddenly.

“Have you ever worried about money? Have you ever have the feeling of ‘Oh! I want to buy this. It is SO cute! But my piggy bank...’? ‘Tight Encirclement’ Professional Finance Company can help you! ‘Tight Encirclement’ has 365 divisions in Cat City, which can satisfy your need for money! Want to buy ‘Bursting into Tears’-flavored lollipop? No problem! Want to buy ‘Never Ending Stream’-flavored lollipop? No problem too! As soon as you need cash, we can provide it for you. Release your desire to buy things! Buy the whole set of ‘Extra Super Famous’ lollipops and bring them to your home!

We now support fashionable automatic and systematic payment platform. You don’t need any certified documents. Stretch out your claws and you can get cash!

Visit ‘Tight Encirclement’ Professional Finance Company RIGHT NOW!” 

“But, Grandma Cat often told me not to waste money!”

“Are you a three-year-old Kid Cat?” Sales-Cat said angrily, “What is the era now? It is the era of ‘using up your money as soon as possible’! Do you want to be Snail Cat, who has saved all the money for his entire life and bought a snail shell as his house? Unemployed Cat, let me tell you, you are unemployed because you cannot chase up the paces of this society, because your tiny brain is always slower than others. If every other cat is like you, this economy will never grow and the society will never function! Your money, was never yours, will be your wife’s and children’s later, if you ever have a wife. Therefore, use up your money when you still have it; borrow money when you don’t; cherish every current moment until you go to hell!”

“...”

“Unemployed Cat!” Sales-Cat gritted his fangs and bristled his hair with an angry face, “ Don’t ever try to play dirty! Your claws have already touched the agreement! This means that you have completely accepted the deal! I have recorded your oath about your love for this lollipop!”

“What!?”

“You rubbish cat! The dregs of the society!” said Sales-Cat fiercely, “Give me the money! Or you want me to ask Gangster Cat and Loan Shark Cat to deal with you?” Sales Cat suddenly patted Unemployed Cat gently, “ We are true friends, right? I don’t want to do things in such a cruel way. How about you give me the money, and allow me to give you this precious treasure? It is a win-win situation for both of us, don’t you think?”

[candlelightchen]

I have seen a white lotus on the lake, telling me a story about afterlife, of me being a white lotus telling me a story about afterlife.

me

[candlelightchen]

I am the light in the darkness and the darkness in the light, says the star

me

[candlelightchen]

Unemployed Cat (part 5)

Another morning had come, Unemployed Cat opened his eyes drowsily and checked his clock.

“ It is only 6 a.m.” and he sank into his bed like a liquid.

“Ding Dong Ding Dong (sound of a bell)” There was a crazy bell ring coming from the door, but the small hill on the bed did not move a little bit.

“Ding Dong Ding Dong!”

Unemployed Cat (in his bed) remembered he had already sent out 500 job application letters this week, no matter he had been qualified for the job or not. He failed. There was not a single response, just like throwing stones into the sea.

When you read the job search columns in the newspaper, nearly all the vacancy requirements were something like,

“ Requirement: Yo-yo Beginner Certificate. It is better to have a Yo-yo Intermediate Certificate.”

“Requirement: Yo-yo Intermediate Certificate. If you don’t have one, don’t even try.”

“A must-have: Yo-yo Intermediate Certificate. You will get the job instantly if you have a Yo-yo Master Certificate.”

“Nobody wants a Top Certificate.” Unemployed Cat folded his ears sadly, “Back in the old days, I studied so hard for tops and won the third prize of ‘Top Cup’ in my university...”

Even if he wrote in his application letter that “I am studying very hard for yo-yos!” It just did not matter. Every morning, Unemployed Cat brought back new newspapers and stamps, sent away a big box of letters at noon and waited anxiously at night, staring at the clock and hoping that the pointer could move a bit faster.

In the noon of the fourth day, he finally received a phone call.

“Hello? Is this Master Cat? I am the representative of company ABC. Congratulations! You have successfully earned a position...”

“I am Unemployed Cat.”

“Oh. I have made a wrong call. BYE~”

“Hold...on please. I have also apply a position to your company. I...”

“Oh, you are the cat who don’t even know how to play yo-yos?” that cat laughed, “You know, the whole company are discussing about you. How stupid a cat can be if he even don’t know how to play yo-yos? We highly doubt your skills and abilities.”

“But I am learning. I have already learnt XXY (an imaginary basic yoyo skill)”

“You say you are learning? You say you ARE learning!? Why is that shit even matter to me? Unemployed Cat, let me say this straight, every milliseconds of my time are very valuable and precious, and can be converted to lollipops. Your incoherent letter, your phone number that is so close to Master Cat’s and this annoying conversation have wasted a LOT of my time! You are lucky that I don’t even ask you to pay for my serious loss!”

“DuDuDuDu (sound of hanging up)!”

 Unemployed Cat also remembered that, in the noon two days ago, the doorbell rang rhythmically. He rushed towards the door excitedly and opened it. There was a cat wearing a black suit and white gloves, showing a perfect 45 degree smile.

“Hello~sir.” that cat’s voice was like a breeze, pacifying the tiny frustrated heart of Unemployed Cat, “May I ask whether you like lollipops?”

Unemployed Cat raised his ears when he heard the word “lollipops”.

“Here, I have a box of ‘Extra Super Famous’ lollipops, which are made by the legendary Extra Super Famous Cat himself. The making process includes 372 different professional procedures, combined with the most fashionable nanotechnology and telepathic experiments. These lollipops are exclusive, limiting in quantity and packed extremely gorgeously. They have the flavor of ‘Never Ending Stream’ (which is basically the same taste as water).” Black Suit Cat pulled out a shiny box from his pocket, opened it, and you could hear a nice piece of crystal music. A golden lollipop was sleeping in a piece of luxury red flannelette. On the sides of the box, a bunch of colorful attached bulbs shone at the same time. There seemed to be a rainbow above the lollipop.

“Look at this beautiful scene! Listen to this beautiful song! This is the ultimate master-tier lollipop!” Black Suit Cat was very excited and trembled.

Unemployed Cat looked at the box as if seeing through a whole new world, stunned.

“Also, “ says Black Suit Cat, showing one side of the box to Unemployed Cat, “ you see that there are a row of buttons here. These are the special hidden functions of this box!” He pressed the first button, “This button is for switching songs. The second button is for time announcement. The third button is for some sexy `you-know-what` voices, guiding you along the road towards ecstasy. The fourth button is for adjusting the intensities of light. The fifth button is for...” Black Suit Cat patted Unemployed Cat’s shoulders and said, “ You must not tell other cats about this! The fifth function, is the secret of secrets. I have never told other cats about it before!”

 “So ... what is it?”

“You will know when you see it.” says Black Suit Cat. His index finger was hanging in midair, waiting for Unemployed Cat to swallow. After that, Black Suit Cat finally pressed the button. Suddenly, a solemn but touching Wedding March was played. The whole box was shining. A hole appeared beside the lollipop, from which popped up a cat doll. It shouted, “Extra Super Famous Cat! The Master of making lollipops! The founder and CEO of Invincible Lollipop Pan-Milky-Way Corporation!”

Unemployed Cat’s eyes shone with excitement, “How shiny it is! It is so impressive!” Black Suit Cat thumbed up, said kindly, “Just as I say, this is a precious treasure!”

“How...how much does it cost?” Unemployed Cat asked.

[candlelightchen]

I am between the mirrors, looking through a thousand I and being seen by a thousand eyes

me

[candlelightchen]

Your reflection in the mirror looks at your shadow and realizes she is not alone

me

[candlelightchen]

Unemployed Cat (part 4)

Unemployed Cat went home dejectedly. It was already evening, the atmosphere was dispirited. His shadow seemed to be shot by an arrow. He opened the door, and found a cat was sitting in his house. She was wearing a shiny, purple and gorgeous coat. Her ear rings were as big as two cat claws. The green beads on her necklace collided with each other, following the beat of her shaking legs and belly. Her lips were painted in purple, her nails in black, her hair in shiny red, her eyelids in a gradient color from deep blue to grass-green. 

She saw Unemployed Cat and jumped up from her chair suddenly. “You rubbish cat! I have heard that you get unemployed!” she shouted.

Unemployed cat startled and was frightened.

“Where is the rent this month?”

“I... I still have some savings!” says Unemployed Cat, trying hard to gesture.

“I demand you to pay the rent within three days! Or you will never be here again!”

“Yes!?”

“Another thing, “ said Landlord Cat,” I have to remind you about the rent next month.” she extended her claws, and make a “Y” gesture.

“Two...two thousands? (in Hong Kong dollars, which is about 1/7 of US dollar)”

“Two times!” Landlord Cat shouted.

“Wh-What!?” Unemployed Cat cried.

“It is SO cheap that the rent next month is just two times that of this month!” said Landlord Cat,” Your know, the government plans to develop this region. Do you know how much the rents in this region have increased this month? It increased for 2.010356789 times! I am SO benevolent, to round it to the nearest integer, letting you pay $82.854312 less. You should kneel before me and be grateful!”

“But...I have already paid two times the rent last month for this month!” cried Unemployed Cat.

“Why should I even care about you?” Landlord Cat raised her eyebrows. Her eyebrows stuck on her forehead,” Unemployed Cat, you have to know, this Cat World does not oscillate around you. The amount of increase in rent nearby will be the amount I have increased for MY rent. I am not a philanthropist!”

She also said,” I want to tell you that, do you know how many cats are there wandering around and homeless, suffering from coldness and hunger at night, imagining that they can have a nice and warm little home just like yours? If you don’t pay the rent next month, you will get out and be just like them!”

Landlord Cat drew the curtains aside. You could see on the grassland in that park over there, some cats sat on the ground; some cats lay on the ground; some cats propped their head using their claws; some cats hang upside down on a tree. To sum up, every cat was depressed, with dark circles around their eyes, and their ears folded.

Wait...Hanging upside down?

Unemployed Cat pushed away Landlord Cat, rushed to the park and shouted,” Come! Every cat please come to help! There is ... a cat committing suicide!”

“DiDuDiDu (the sound of an ambulence)”

“Doc...Doctor Cat, is this cat OK?” asked Unemployed Cat anxiously.

Doctor Cat took the pulse and felt the breath affectedly, and sighed,” You strange cat. You have to know, there are so many cats committing suicide or pretending to commit suicide these years. If you want to deal with each and every of them, it is really tiring!”

Right at this time, the hospital doors broke into pieces. 13 Nurse Cats shouldered a sickbed and rushed into the hospital.

“It...it’s so bad! Playboy Cat...he... has a nosebleed!”

Doctor Cat’s ears turned and threw himself into the sickbed,” Play...Playboy Cat! You have to hang in there! Hang in there ! You must hang in there !”

Behind the scattered hospital doors, there appeared a bunch of Photographer Cats and Reporter Cats. Countless flash lamps lightened the hospital hall.

“This...this is the hospital Playboy Cat enters!”

“Legend says that he is going to rest in the most luxury ward in this hospital!”

“The blood flowed out from his nose is about 10mm^3!”

“You fool! It should be 10cm^3!”

“Do you know his Scandal-girlfriend Cat?”

“Is she the Trainee Actor Cat sitting right there?”

“No, not this one.”

“Cheating? The other woman? Another battlefield of love?”

“Don’t just stare at that Trainee Actor Cat! Take photos quickly! We need to be faster than other magazines!”

“She is posing so that we can take better photos!”

“Nice angle! Nice posture! Nice eye expressions!”

“How big those breasts and hips are! You can see that VERY deep cleavage!”

“It is so hard not to have a nosebleed!”

Ah! Another Photographer Cat fell on the floor puffing and blowing sexily. His eyes were red and red liquid flowing out from his nose.

Unemployed Cat waited for one night, waited for Playboy Cat to wake up and show a perfect 45 degree smile to Reporter Cats; waited for Trainee Actor Cat to buy a big cake and celebrate with Playboy Cat for his recovery; waited for Crazy Fan Cat to kneel on the ground and propose to Trainee Actor Cat but get refused; waited for Trainee Actor Cat to cry in relieve; waited for Scandal-girlfriend Cat to come and scolded Playboy Cat; waited for Playboy Cat to hug those two cats, with Trainee Actor Cat in his left arm and Scandal-girlfriend Cat in his right arm, but those two cats’ gazes on each other were like 4 beams of electricity clashing in the air; waited for the elder sister of Scandal-girlfriend Cat to come and scold Trainee Actor Cat in anger and say she is a new evil Cat Monster; waited for that Reporter Cat kissed Playboy Cat in the chaos...And waited for this...And waited for that... After all the noises stopped, all cats were gone, the hospital was about to close and Doctor Cat was about to leave, Unemployed Cat suddenly asked him to stop, “Wait!”

Annoyed Doctor Cat went towards Unemployed Cat. He took the pulse, felt the breath, shrugged his shoulders and whistled,

“ Oops! He died! What a sad incident! But since he is dead, there is nothing we can do now. RIP.”

[candlelightchen]

Unemployed Cat (part 3)

After packing his own things, Employed Cat returned home in a gloomy mood, and fell on his bed instantly. After sleeping for 13 hours, he finally plucked his courage and opened his envelope. When reading, he seemed to hear that loud and outrageous voice of Office Lady Cat, and smelled that smell of fish steaks. 

“10 Crimes of Employed Cat

1.      Ate lollipops secretly on XX(a date) at XX (time)

2.      Pretended to be ill and went out secretly to buy that strange and half-naked plastic figure of Juliet Cat (mini version). $500 paid.

3.      Slacked off in the washroom secretly on XX(a date) at XX (time)...

We thank Unemployed Cat the Second, the Third, the Fourth and the Fifth for their trustworthy and detail oral and written accounts!” 

The last sentence drained the last strength of Employed Cat. He fell back to his bed. After the next 13 hours, he saw that plump Witch Cat again, who had big breasts and hips. When he had wiped his sweat by his claws and wanted to shake hands with her, she folded her arms. Cold lights emitted from her eyes, “You dregs of cat! The reason for your existence is to produce pollution and rubbish for the Cat World!” This sentence waked him up and found that it was already early morning. The sky was grey. He went out his home semi-consciously and squint through the words on the doorplate.

“Home for Employed Cat”

He stared at the doorplate for a long time, stumbled back to his house and found a marker. He added an “Un” before the words.

“Home for Unemployed Cat”

In which there was an unemployed cat.

How sad it is.

...

He went back to his room and picked up that shiny and pink “survival kit” on the floor. There were several words in there,  

“Have you met any obstacles? Have you ever been betrayed by other cats? But do not be discouraged! You CAN! Your future is bright and marvelous! The obstacles you now face are just step stones to your success! Go forward! Raise your sails in the mighty ocean!”

Unemployed Cat felt that a wire in his head had been heated up suddenly.

“You get unemployed AGAIN? No problem! It is just that the job does not suits you. The cat world is open and wide. You MUST find a dream job in so many industries!”

“You have to write your cover letter concisely and politely, full of your merits and enthusiasm for the company!” 

Unemployed Cat instantly bought some newspapers and studied the pages for job search. He spent half a day to write a job application letter, another half a day for a CV, and sent the letter in the evening.

But there was no response for 10 days.

Unemployed Cat instantly studied the pages for job search for the second time and found 2 companies. He sent his letters but there was no response.

Unemployed Cat instantly studied the pages for job search for the third time and found 50 companies. He sent his letters and waited for any responses....

The bell had finally rang! Unemployed Cat picked up his phone professionally, and spoke in a sexy, magnetic and soft voice (he had trained this for hundreds of times btw), “This~is~Unemployed~Cat!May I ask...”

“DuDuDuDu... (the phone hung up)” 

Unemployed Cat instantly studied the pages for job search for the fourth time and found 100 companies. Finally there was one company asked him to interview. 

Haha! After the phone call, Unemployed Cat jumped on his bed cheering and shouting. The air around seemed to be sweet, and the grass outside seemed to be surrounded by beautiful flowers. On the day of interview, Unemployed Cat wore shiny suits, a small gentleman’s hat and a rosy bow-tie, kept a perfect 45 degree smile and started his journey.

“Next!” Unemployed Cat entered the room respectfully, with his right claw pressing his chest and left claw pressing his hips, just like that famous Actor Cat taking a curtain call. Of course, he did not forget to close the door after his entering.

“You? Unemployed Cat?” Manager Cat pushed up his sunglasses, gazing through Unemployed Cat’s body.

“Yes!...Um...Yes I am !”

“You! Have you learnt playing yo-yo?”

“What...?Yo-yo!?” Unemployed Cat was surprised and lost. He didn’t know how to answer.

“What! You do not know how to yo-yo?” Manager Cat shook his claws, “NEXT please!”

“Please give me a second. Although I don’t know how to yo-yo, but I can play tops! I have studied very hard in the university, and get the XYZ Intermediate Top Certificate!”

“You don’t even know your situation?” Manager Cat stared at Unemployed Cat just like staring at an Old-fashioned Cat Monster. He signed, “Let me tell you clearly and benevolently. Who wants to play tops in this day and age? Top is a thing one year ago, but now it is only an antique. Now, we are in the era of yo-yos! I found from your application letter that you have some working experiences. I originally guessed that you forgot to write about your yo-yo skills. But I have never thought that you indeed don’t know how to yo-yo! You rubbish cat!”

“But...”

“If you still cannot recognize clearly the current situation, let me make it clearer!” Manager Cat opened a door. Golden rays emitted from within.

“They, are the prides of this company. They are ‘Eleven Yo-yo Tiger and Dragon Grandmasters!” 

Unemployed Cat saw the leftmost cat stretched his neck, raised his claws and arms and acted like a duck; the rightmost cat swung left and right, just like a snake; the topmost cat stepped on others’ shoulders, acted like an eagle; the lowest cat stood on one foot. Eleven cats stacked together, just like transformers swinging nunchakus. There were yo-yos around their heads, arms and feet, emitting “zzzz” sounds just like motors. Countless golden and shiny foil papers were flying in the air. 

“They... they are tied up! We have to save them!” These are the last words Unemployed Cat spoke in the room.

to be continued...

[candlelightchen]

Unemployed Cat (Part 2)

Today, Employed Cat arrived early for an hour. He walked from the lift door to his company stylishly, took out his employee badge chicly, put it on the card reader in a seemingly natural and unintentional way. 

“Now, the whole company have seen my diligence.” Employed Cat thought. 

Employed Cat entered the empty company, just like a model walked down the catwalk. He met Cleaner Cat around the corner. He showed orchid fingers (a posture of hand in the Peking opera) and shouted excitedly, “Hello! My beautiful lady! It’s ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY!” 

Cleaner Cat stunned and turned her head away. Employed Cat thought she must be too shy to react. 

After walking around his company in chic steps and lovely smiles, Employed Cat finally approached his own seat. Suddenly, a strange wind out of nowhere came and blew him up. The seats ahead and behind of him were all empty. His own seat was like a little oasis in the desert; or a little island in the sea; or a little shaking boat in a storm. But he kept his cool smile and operate the Machine Cat Monster (computer in human’s term) before him. “YEEEHH!” the Machine Cat Monster screamed wildly and struggled violently, in order to escape his control. Employed Cat’s ears sweated. But he was still pressing keyboards to resist. After three hours, Employed Cat was intoxicated into the battle with his Machine Cat Monster. He forgot the coldness and silence around, and completely omitted Office Lady Cat in front of him. 

“You deaf little Employed Cat!” shouted Office Lady Cat, “I have some words to talk to you! Come to my office!” Her shout blew Employed Cat away from his chair and stunned the Machine Cat Monster. All the documents fell down just like snow flowers. 

“She must eat some fish steaks this morning.” Employed Cat thought. He sniffed and followed her into the office....

(an awkward silence)

“Employed Cat, I invited you to come because I want to tell you something IMPORTANT today.” says Office Lady Cat. Her legs crossed; her toes pointed to the windows.

Employed Cat measured his mouth corner with his claws. 45 degree. Perfect. His smile was perfect.

Office Lady Cat gave him an extra-large envelope, “Our company thanks you for your hardworking and support for all these years.”

“THANKS...THANK YOU!?”

“YOU ARE FIRED!!!”

That sentence was like a flash, lightened the round and fluffy face of Employed Cat. He imagined himself turned into a fried golden squid, fired out from a mega-size cannon, leaving some white smoke.

“But...”

“You don’t need to quibble anymore!” Office Lady Cat folded her arms. A cold light emitted from her eyes, “From now on, you are not Employed Cat anymore! You are an Unemployed Cat! Laying beneath the pyramids of all cat rankings!” 

These words exploded beside Employed Cat’s ears. He remembered that Unemployed Cat the Second, who was fired two days ago and used to sit before him. Unemployed Cat the Second had shouted to him indignantly, “Bro! You have to fight until the last second! Until the last second!”  He remembered that Unemployed Cat the Third, who was kind and middle-aged.  Unemployed Cat the Third patted his shoulders before leaving, squeezed his last lamented words from his lung, “Sorry, Employed Cat. I... I have to go... I cannot see the beautiful future of this beautiful place anymore...But you have to hang in there. You have to grit your teeth and hang in there! Because you are our only hope, and our only pride!” 

“Unemployed Cat the Third! Don’t leave us!”

Unemployed Cat the Third shook his head helplessly, “My young cat, the old have to leave and the young have to stay. Every task here will be your responsibility now. I am too old to stay...”

“Don’t leave us! Purrrr!” 

Employed Cat remembered that Unemployed Cat the fourth, who was fired four days ago and had an ink spot on his face. He also remembered Unemployed Cat the fifth, who was fired five days ago and was such a cute and stylish cat. They were all nice buddies to him! 

“Get out!” When Employed Cat was thinking, a shout brought him back to life. He looked at the envelope and his ears folded sadly. 

“Get out! You are no longer related to this company!”

[candlelightchen]

Unemployed Cat (Part 1)

It was a pink and cotton candy-like fog, floating above a pool of water. In the fog, you could barely see a steep clock tower, above which there was a vague sexy figure. She had two fluffy pointed ears and a cat-flirting tail, which was curled around a broom. The more you looked at her, the more you would think... 

“Witch Cat! Juliet Cat who turns into a witch! I miss you!”

“Ding Ding Ding Ding!” 

A loud bell made her tremble. Her beautiful lips moved. Her boom flew like a rocket and pulled her away! 

“My Witch Cat...!!” (Pull out the claws! Drop tears!)

“Ding Ding Ding Ding!” 

It is so noisy! A cat claw stretched out from the bed and pressed.

The tower finally stopped its clamor, but his Witch Cat was gone. 

“My Witch Cat... (I wanna cry)...” 

After a long time, from the dark hole wrapped by the blanket, you can see two shining and round eyes. A cat claw stretched out like a noodle, picked up the clock and then time stopped for two seconds. 

“Meow!? It’s too late!” A horrible scream reverberates across the room. A cat bounced from the bed like a ball. Before his blanket flying in the air, he had already rushed into the wardrobe. 

“Damn, damn!” 

When he finally stood before the mirror, there appeared a clumsy cat with folded ears, scattered hair and twisted tie. He quickly brushed his hair with a comb, tied his tie, measured his mustache using his claws, and curl it around like a donut. Then he picked up his briefcase and went out.

This, is the beginning of a boring and ordinary day of Employed Cat.

Guess not! 

In fact, in this morning, when the sun had not yet risen, a tail had already probed out from the bed and explored the outside world cautiously. After a while, Employed Cat jumped from the bed like a plank, wrenched his head like a screw, opened his arms, and shouted some mysterious lines,

“Hola!!!!

A new day has come!

Every day is a new day!

Be confident! Do strive! Be optimistic!

Hola!!!!!!!!!”

Employed Cat then turned his eyes to a book on the floor. That book was pink, and its four sides were smeared with golden power. On the front page, there was an eye-catching, large-sized sentence:

“The MUST-HAVE to the Workplace! How to survive in the cracks of intrigues, conspiracies and cat fights!”

//

And there was a small-sized sentence below,

“The workplace is a battlefield without smokes from cannons! This book is a survival kit for you! Never lose at the starting line!” 

Employed Cat picked the book up, flipped to the place where a sticker lied, and read the highlighted words:

“ Be confident! Do strive! Be optimistic! ”

It seemed that he had recited them correctly.

Nice! According to the book, this morning was complete, beautiful and full of possibilities for him. 

“ Wash your face. Let the crystal water drops moisturize your fluffy face.” says the book, “Don’t forget to pose confidently before the mirror. Say to yourself in the mirror, ‘I can! I must succeed!’” 

Employed Cat looked at the dumb face in the mirror, and suddenly squeezed out a weird smile. 

“To be a good cat, you have to be a gentleman! To be a gentleman, you have to start with a good smile! Do not giggle; do not chuckle; do not smile evilly. You have to smile naturally and poised. You have to smile symmetrically. You have to remember to close together your front teeth. Your mouth corner should go up to a 45-degree angle. Your lip should be plump and full of tension. Your six beards should scatter like six rays.”

After a series of tests and experiments using protractors, Employed Cat was finally able to show the most perfect and standard smile in the Cat World. 

Nice! “You will be invincible due to your flirting smiles! What awaits you is the bright and magnificent future! And love letters that fall from the sky like snow flowers!” (says the book) 

Employed Cat stared at the words “love letters” for two seconds, then he closed the book like nothing happened.

[candlelightchen]

See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security.

Ray Bradbury

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purplebuddhaquotes

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[candlelightchen]

Definition of “out of pocket maximum”

“The most you have to pay for covered services in a plan year. “

[candlelightchen]

“This will be the year I overcome my fears.”

—

[candlelightchen]

There’s a poet in every heart.

[candlelightchen]

“We are just waiting to meet the right stranger.”

—

[candlelightchen]

Treasure and sunshine.