DISTRICT WATCH / BAG INVESTIGATION

CAT TAKES WRONG TURN INSIDE PAPER BAG. SITUATION DETERIORATES.

NOVEMBER 3, 2026 / BY THE CAT DISTRICT STREET DESK

Black hind legs with white paws brace at the opening of a long paper bag as a cat crawls headfirst inside; a distant gray cat sits at the back right, its three-quarter face lowered toward the bag opening.

A local cat entered an empty paper bag with a clear destinashun and immediately turned left. This brought him to the side of the bag, which he appeared to find unprofeshunal.

He backed up, tried right and met a similar lack of cooperashun. The wide open entrance remained behind him throughout, an arrangement he declined to consider on principle.

His human gently turned the bag toward the room. He stepped out, circled it and reentered with renewed confidents. A second cat has settled nearby to watch. Neither has any apointments, and the bag has started making a very satisfactory noise.

Fiction & satire. These cats and their scandals are invented.

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