MEET ZEUS

Zeus has a lot going for him. Aside from his beautiful long, rectangular muzzle and large tufted ears, and his naughty-yet-innocent expression, and his terrific strong chin, and his long long body and tail, he has a vital survival characteristic: he purrs all the time. Well, nearly all the time. The reason this is important is that Zeus is so very naughty that if he didn't purr and snuggle shamelessly whenever "caught in the act" -- well, he probably wouldn't have survived this long, because one of us would have wrung his mischievous little neck.

Just kidding. Of course we wouldn't actually wring Zeus' neck. But we did tell him we'd wring his neck, if we ever caught him at it again (stealing jewelry for use as cat toys, deliberately knocking over glasses of milk, or surreptitiously working out the combination lock on the household safe). So far, he hasn't paid the slightest attention to this empty threat. He knows us pretty well...