The Day the Market Shelves Started Purring
It started as a normal market visit. You know the kind: grab some bread, maybe milk, pretend you won’t buy snacks. But somewhere between the cereal aisle and the canned beans, something felt… off. Too quiet. Too fluffy.
There, perched neatly on the shelves like they owned the place, were cats.
Not one. Not two. Entire rows of them. Orange cats curled up next to pasta boxes. Gray ones stretched across the rice bags. A black-and-white cat sitting proudly on the top shelf, staring down like the manager of the store. No price tags. No apologies. Just cats. Everywhere.
Naturally, the only reasonable reaction was to smile, wave, and say, “Okay, I guess this is my life now.”
One fluffy little cat caught her eye. Extra fluffy. The kind of fluffy that looks like it’s made of clouds and bad decisions. It blinked slowly, clearly choosing her. Resistance was pointless. She gently scooped it up, earning a soft mrrp of approval, and placed it carefully into the shopping cart.
The cat sat there like royalty.
That’s when things escalated.
A curious calico hopped down from the shelf and jumped into the cart. A sleek black cat followed, then a ginger with one brain cell and unlimited confidence. Before she knew it, the cart was no longer a cart—it was a cat collection.
Different colors, different personalities. One cat loafing. One standing alert like security. One dramatically stretched across the front, daring anyone to question this situation. Shoppers walked by, nodded politely, and continued choosing tomatoes as if carts full of cats were completely normal.
She tried to push the cart, but it purred.
By the time she reached the checkout, the cart was full. No room for groceries. Just cats. Fluffy ones, sleek ones, sleepy ones, and one kitten playing with the wheel like it was the greatest invention in history.
The cashier looked in, smiled, and said, “Do you want bags?”
She looked at the cart, now a moving rainbow of fur, and replied, “No thanks. I think I’ve got everything I need.”
And honestly? She really did.
