Pete's Expert Summary
My human seems to have acquired a large, flat box from a company called "Momo & Nashi," which sounds suspiciously like a brand of those dried fish flakes I occasionally deign to sample. This product, however, is not a snack. It appears to be a disassembled map, broken into 70 offensively bright pieces of "sturdy chipboard." They call it a "floor puzzle" for "learning geography," but I see it for what it is: a temporary, low-quality rug designed to occupy a prime sunbeam location. While the sheer size (23.6” x 17”) offers a respectable new surface for a nap, the "educational" aspect is an insult to my intelligence. The only potential for amusement lies in the individual pieces, which are just large enough to be hooked with a claw and sent skittering into the dark abyss beneath the credenza. A mediocre distraction, at best.
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A Tale from Pete the Cat
The ritual began on a Tuesday. The humans, with the sort of misplaced enthusiasm usually reserved for opening a can of tuna, cleared a vast expanse of the living room floor. From the box, they poured a chaotic rainbow of cardboard shapes. They were building a world, piece by piece, muttering names like "Wyoming" and "California." From my observation post atop the bookshelf, I watched this new continent coalesce. It was a flimsy, glossy thing, covered in cartoonish scribbles of buildings and animals. They saw a nation; I saw a battleground. Once they finished, they stood back, admiring their creation as if they had just painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling instead of assembling a glorified placemat. This was my moment. I descended from my perch with the silent grace of a shadow, my white paws stark against the dark hardwood. I approached the border of a territory they called "Florida," a long, dangling piece that practically begged for my intervention. I sniffed it. It smelled of ink and cardboard, the scent of transient amusement. My initial probe was a gentle tap. The piece didn't move. Sturdier than it looked. A challenge, then. With a deep focus, I entered a state of pure predator. I was no longer Pete, the pampered house cat. I was a cartographer of chaos, redrawing the map to my own specifications. A swift, surgical strike with an unsheathed claw sent "Maine" flying northeast, where it rightfully belonged—under the couch. I stalked across the "Midwest," a gray specter of entropy, scattering the states like leaves. The boot-shaped piece, "Louisiana," was particularly satisfying to kick. I treated the Rocky Mountains as a speed bump on my path of glorious destruction. My work was done. The "United States" was no more. It was now an archipelago of cardboard islands adrift on a sea of wood flooring. I selected the largest remaining piece, a chunky one labeled "Texas," dragged it into the center of a sunbeam, and curled up for a nap, the victor atop the spoils of my conquest. This Momo & Nashi puzzle was not a toy for learning; it was a territory to be conquered and dismantled. And for the sheer joy of that deconstruction, it has earned my temporary, highly conditional approval.
