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CAT DISTRICT / NOVEMBER 9, 2026 / STREET DESK

MONDAY’S PAPER / NOVEMBER 9, 2026

THE STREET
HEARD THINGS.

Three stories. No one behaved.

Tortoiseshell Frances watches from beside a park border as white-and-ginger Oliver lies on the path with eyes gently closed, facing a standing gray cat and a reclining brown tabby.

RELATIONSHIPS

Engagement Ends After Discovery That He Slow-Blinks at Everyone.

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An older silver tabby waits on the bottom carpeted stair and looks down at a brown tabby kitten standing on the floor below.

DISTRICT LIFE

ELDERLY CAT TEACHES KITTEN TO USE STAIRS. PRETENDS HE WAS GOING THAT WAY ANYWAY.

A lesson offered entirely by coincidence.

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Gerald, a brown tabby, crouches beneath a sofa, pinning a loose wrinkled heap of red finish-line ribbon with a short crooked end trailing beside his paws.

SPORTS

MARATHON DELAYED WHILE GERALD TAKES FINISH LINE UNDER SOFA.

Officials have located the finish. Reaching it is another matter.

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