Campbell Alexander:
"'That's the life', she said to me, as we watched a puppy chase its own tail, 'that's what I want to be next'.
I had laughed.
'You would wind up as a cat', I told her, 'they don't need anyone else'.
'I need you', she replied.
'Well', I said, 'maybe I'll come back as catnip'.



I guess I lost my catnip.