Zen the Birman's dreams:
- The acceptance letter from MIT (he built the pyramids in a previous life).
- The return of Bast the Goddess.
- To have all doors open when he approaches.
Xancy the Birman's dream:
- To lay on the computer keyboard without being removed.
IRA SOLOMON
Zen the Siamese dreams:
- To stay in bed with Meowmy forever.
- To be able to eat a meal in peace without Zoob interrupting.
- To have my very own "doorman".
- To be allowed bring things I catch inside.
- To be top cat.
- To be a temple cat like my ancestors.
Zoob the Devon Rex dreams:
- Outside living.
- Not to have to wear my jumper in winter it makes me look like something out of Steptoe & Son. But more importantly I have fur goddamit! Not much but it's there.
- To be able to open my own cans of food.
- To have a voice like Zen's.
JO DRAKE
CokaCola's Biggest Dream:
- Widespread killer dog disease.
DOUG GLENFIDD
Tiny's Biggest Dream:
- To get out that door and explore the great outdoors, check out that darn cat that's out there, and catch those cute little birds that hang around the tree just outside my enclosure.
SHARYN STRINGER
Nation's biggest dream:
- That Shamrock would play with him more.
Spirit's biggest dream:
- That Shamrock would play with him more.
Shamrock's biggest dream:
- That the other two cats would just leave him the hell alone.
INA GHER
Oscar's biggest dreams:
- To really not be afraid of birds instead of just pretending.
- That people would never use firecrackers
- That we never had thunderstorms
- That I could play outside (Mummy won't let me).
- That Mummy would sell her computer because I hate it.
- That Mummy would never go out and leave me by myself (she always leaves the TV on for me but I still get lonely).
- That Mummy would get up and play with me when I wake her up at 2 or 3 AM because I'm bored.
- That I could have hundreds of boxes to play in and Mummy wouldn't fall over them. (She's clumsy)!
- That Mummy would cuddle me when I want.
- That Mummy wouldn't cuddle me when I don't want.
- That Mummy would drop whatever she's doing when I want her to.
- That Mummy wouldn't read when I want her to take notice of me.
- That people I don't like wouldn't visit.
- That dogs would be banned from earth.
- That Mummy would obey me even more than she does now.
GRACE TOLSON
Sassy's biggest dreams:
- To spend all day on her owners bed ''Airing out''.
- To eat every bird she looks at.
JENNY JONES
Sophie's biggest dreams:
- To have all of the leftover human food from dinner.
- To be an inside cat.
- To have kittens. (To be a mommy.)
- To have TJ run away.
- To rule the world.
TJ's biggest dreams:
- To be an inside cat.
- To have Sophie run away
- To have a cute boyfriend.
AMY MARSHALL
Mitt's biggest dream:
- More Kitty Butts to sniff!
JILL M. TRICCO
Winter's biggest dreams:
- More toilet paper to shred!
- More balls to play with.
- Get rid of that darn refrigerator.
- To be left alone when sleeping.
- To keep the closet doors open all night.
- To keep the shelf in the bathroom.
- To take down that darn Christmas tree - it's too early,
- Last but not least... MORE FOOD!
HEATHER V
Midknight's biggest dreams:
- Please, please, please let me stay in all night.
- I like sitting on the leather chairs and it's not my fault I scratch them... I do have claws you know!
- To rule the world!
CLARK McIVOR
Sarapico's biggest dreams:
- To walk on the ceiling ( he meows for us to pick him up and make him walk there!!)
- To catch that damn fly!!! And the birdie that flies outside the window...
- To have more catnip mouse toys (he goes crazy with them!!)
- To go outside (no way, you're a indoor kitty!!!)
- To have a cute girlfriend!!
- To climb to all the high places possible!
PAULO SILVA
Natasha's biggest dreams:
- Micia to move out.
- The Whiskas Vitabite commercial to be banned for ever. (My new Mum seems to think I should eat these darned things.)
- A bigger kitty tray.
- Bigger helpings at meal times.
- Worming pills to be outlawed.
- When there's rain at the front door, for there to be no rain at the back door.
- Micia to run away from home.
- David to run away from home too (men make me a scaredy-cat).
- Mum to forget where she put the can of dry cat shampoo.
- Death to the vet; the Red Devil; Micia; and Pavarotti.
- 'Cats' video to be played continuously.
Micia's biggest dreams:
- Natasha to go and adopt someone else.
- The linen cupboard door to be left permanently OPEN!
- Mum to get an electric blanket for the spare bed in the spare room.
- A never stopping fur-brushing device.
- Someone to unplug Pavarotti - permanently.
- Natasha to return to the streets from whence she came.
- David to get an electric blanket for his bed.
- Pavarotti to get permanent laryngitis.
- Dr Harry to be on TV every night.
- No rain at the back door when it's raining at the front door.
HEATHER BRIDGE
Princess Saffi's biggest dreams:
- No loud noises like vacuum monsters and garbage trucks and chainsaws ever ever ever.
- A giant block of cheese that never gets any smaller - could this be why I am so cuddly?
- To always be autumn so there are lots of leaves to chase.
- No men in my home, they're too big too loud!
- Having my armpits scritched and belly rubbed when I stretch out on my back.
Licorice's biggest dreams:
- Raw chicken wings to fall out of the fridge on command. (What's with all that human food?)
- Parsley, parsley, and more parsley.
- To stay outside without my human's supervision (not possible 'cause I attempt to terrorize Tigger who lives over the back fence).
- Groceries to be bought home everyday cause I love to jump in the bags and explore (while they're full and there might be chicken wings).
- Playing hide and seek with my human if I stay very still and stare and don't blink I am invisible!!!!!
ANGELIKA MUELLER
Mookie's biggest dreams:
- SHRIMP! All shrimp, all the time! Shrimp, shrimp, shrimp! Did I mention shrimp?
- Warm weather year round, so I could bask in the shade on *my* chair on *my* deck!
- A warm lap **whenever** I want one.
- No neighborhood cats jumping over *my* fence into *my* yard.
- I'm so pathetically spoiled I can't think of another thing exceptSHRIMP!!!!
MARY PELIS
Sir Simba's biggest dreams:
- Let me claw each stair on the carpeted staircase.
- Leave the fuzz sucking dragon in the closet indefinitely.
- Stop getting into the big box of attacking water because it scares me to watch you in there.
- Put the toilet seat down. (You know I'm going to jump up there.)
- Matumbo to play with me all the time.
- To never have to wear another rhinestone or gold decorated collar.
- Feed me Wow! Ruffles chips and Doritos daily.
- Make sure my water has ice cubes in it every moment of every day.
- Live forever, because I love the way you love me.
Matumbo's biggest dreams:
- To have Mom's queen bed all to myself every night, instead of having to share it with her.
- Feed me tuna and ketchup daily.
- Sir Simba to quit dive bombing me all the time.
- For everyone to stop laughing at the way my behind jiggles when I run up and down the stairs.
- To never have to wear another cow or elephant decorated collar.
- For there to be sunlight streaming in from every window in the place.
- For Gramma to stop asking Mom to babysit that hoolikitten of hers.
- Take the diabetes away so poor Mom doesn't have to stick me with needles every day.
- Live forever, because I love the way you love me.
VICTORIA CALVILLO
Oscar's biggest dreams:
- To have the backyard full of butterflies to chase.
- To always have new cats in the street to be-friend.
- To have "mum" let me sleep on her head more often.
- To have "mum' let me chase and attack her feet while in bed.
Mervette's biggest dreams:
- To stop the fur on my tail looking like a bottle brush.
- To stop Oscar from finding around corners and surprising me.
- To have a bottomless bowl of catmilk.
LEAH GULLAN
Missy's biggest dreams:
- To own the apartment building we live in.
- A balcony, for fresh air and to conduct her traffic and weather reports; also, fine birdy watching!
- Endless food and catnip.
- "Nummies" (her cat treats) on demand.
- Endless supply of baby fur mice.
- All smooth jazz, all the time, particularly Sade and Enya.
- To sleep in the linen closet, dammit!
- Satellite TV, so she can watch Animal Planet, the Cartoon Network, CNN, and the Weather Channel.
- One of those "mens": fun to watch fix things, another pair of hands to pet her, and company for her girlfriend, Kimmie.
KIM TOMAN
Fatty's biggest dreams:
- More unmade beds for me to be made up in.
- More food... ANY food.
- Stop being so stuffy about furballs, I like to leave them where people can stand in them.
- More food.
- Carry me inside or outside... YOU get dirty feet.
- Keep Lilah on her side of the bed.
- More food.
- Make Ming clean me when I'm awake. Not waking me to do it.
- Wouldn't mind being carried to the litter tray.
- More food... Did I mention that?
Ming's dreams:
- Stop the Daddy human from being fussy about me chewing his pure wool socks.
- Buy me a few pairs and we'll share.
- If he keeps getting mad because I drag his good shoes under the middle of the bed, I'll just eat the laces, okay?
- Make Lilah stay on her side of the bed. (The lady human's.)
- I want the boy human to be allowed to let me wash his hair.
- I want the boy human to lie flat all the time so I can just LOOK at him all day.
- I want my OWN computer. I type better than all of them!
- More corners on everything to mark my face on.
- More pure wool socks.
- Salmon at least once a day.
- Catnip in a mouse would be good.
- Someone to raise the sofa so I can get all my toys out when I want them.
Lilah's biggest dreams:
- Get RID of the peasant cats.
- Allow me to go out in the rain and dry myself on the bedspread.
- To be allowed to bring snakes into the house! Sheesh... they're FUN!
- I want my OWN chair... NO sharing.
- If the electric blanket isn't on when I want it, I would like it done the second I squawk about it.
- Make Fatty stop spitting up furballs.... yeech, peasant.
- Make Ming stop spitting up furballs that she got from licking Fatty. So UN-classy.
- I would prefer to fix my own claws, thanks.
- Forget the worming paste. I'd rather have worms.
- Kibble biscuits in my bowl, all day, every day. NO sharing!
JO GRAY
Possum's biggest dreams:
- An endless supply of canned food.
- That the small hooman would leave him alone.
- That Meowmie would stop trying to brush him.
- Thousands of those little furry mice.
- A bale of catnip.
- Meatloaf piped into the apartment. (The music not the food, he seems to like the Meat man for some reason.)
Tygra's biggest dreams:
- To finally be able to get out and mate with all her admirers.
- A warmer thicker coat.
- A digital camera for Meowmie so she can pose for me.
- Lots of Pounce treats.
- For Meowmie to let me sit on her boobs. (She has been doing this since she was 4 weeks old when I got her, and still tries to, although she gets in my line of sight now when she does it.)
Lilly's biggest dreams:
- An endless supply of milk jug rings and concentrated juice can strips.
- Catnip, catnip, more catnip.
- Another kitty to play with for when Possum and Tygra don't want to play.
- Giving Meowmie an all over tongue bath. (She thinks I'm a cat!)
KRISTY PALMER
Panther's biggest dreams:
- An endless supply of catnip.
- Would you please wear your pink fluffy bathrobe permanently because I like sucking on it.
- When you are sitting down with me on your lap, please don't get up until I give you permission.
- Turkey should be on the menu at least once a day.
- Doors that are activated by me going "mmrrrrpmeaooow" would be nice.
- That new young whippersnapper of a female kitten accepting that "I" am the boss.
- No fireworks ever ever EVER!!!
- See how that vet likes HIS balls being chopped off!
Jemima's biggest dreams:
- An endless supply of catnip.
- Ban the grandchildren!
- Stop Panther using my litterbox.
- Let me out the instant I indicate I want to go out.
- If this entails standing with the door open for ten minutes while I make up my mind - so be it!
- That new young whippersnapper of a female kitten accepting that "I" am the boss.
- Ham should be on the menu at least once a day.
- An endless supply of toilet rolls to shred - and not getting shouted at for it!
Britney's biggest dreams:
- An endless supply of catnip.
- Let me catch the goldfish, just once!
- Stop Panther using my litterbox.
- Climbing in the fridge and not being instantly removed.
- Winning a fight with Jemima.
- Stop Panther sniffing my butt.
- Endless cuddles and a lap that stays put until I'M ready to get up!
- Those two old fuddy-duddies Panther and Jemima accepting that as a new young female kitten, I'M the boss!!
- Prawns should be on the menu at least once a day. (After tasting them once, I decided they're my favourite food.)
- Climbing in the washing machine and not being instantly removed.
- Being allowed to climb on top of the parrot's cage and terrorize the parrot.
- Not having to wear a collar.
- Being allowed to go outside and play with Panther and Jemima.
- Stop Jemima playing with MY toys.
- Ban the vacuum cleaner!
- Death to the vet!
LAVENDER
Shmoggleberry's biggest dream:
- To take over the world! (anything else "lacks ambition")
YOWIE
Pepper's biggest dreams:
- To be held forever.
- an endless supply of catnip.
- birds to fly by the window all day long.
Cleo's biggest dreams:
- To be pet and held forever.
- To have her claws back.
- A bottomless dish of food.
- Plastic bags instead of carpeting on the floor to lie on.
Parko's biggest dreams:
- An endless supply of food.
- An endless supply of catnip.
- A revolving door to outside available 24/7.
- Be dogless.
RENEE BRUSSAARD
Tobasco's biggest dreams:
- Let me investigate whatever I want to investigate.
- If you have any clothes hanging on the clothes-dryer, don't bother to remove them from it. No matter if dry or wet, I'll do it for you and I'll make a nice pile of them just under the dryer.
- When I go into the fridge, let me look around for a while instead of taking me out of there.
- Instead of the carpet in the living room, I'd go for grass.
- Buy more plants and don't put them on high shelves like the last time.
- Tell me why I was taken away from my mom so early
- If I happen to sleep on your chair, please take another one.
- Please understand that if I decide to sleep on the keyboard, it's better to scratch me behind the ears (notice that this position is very comfortable for you) than to take me off it.
- These balls with a bell inside you bought last time were great, until I destroyed them. Could you get some new ones?
- I've noticed you have a hell a lot of food in the fridge, I am particularly interested in ham...
- When you prepare a meal and I sit right beside your leg it is not to disturb you, I'd just wish you'd be less careful and not make a big deal if something falls down and I eat it. I particularly mean ham...
Luna's biggest dreams:
- Ten paper bags to hide and play in are not enough. Please place some more of them on the carpet. I know you have more of them!
- Do not buy shoes with a zip. They are no use, these with shoelaces are much better. You could buy bigger shoes, too. Playing with your boyfriend's shoes is much more fun!
- Once I'm in your bed, don't move me from there even if you do it in a delicate way.
- You can shower if you want to and you can even use water if you wish but please make the water dry before.
- More cardboard boxes.
- I've seen some people have looong curtains in their windows. You could organize some, I think it would be fun.
- Scratching post is okay, but your sofa is nicer.
- Next time you take me to the vet, take me there while she is not there.
MARTA
Gobo's biggest dreams:
- Leave the door of the storage closet open all the time so I can go in and out whenever I want.
- Leave the doors to the screened porch and the garage open all the time, too.
- Let me catch just one birdie.
- Grow some grass inside.
- Stop putting your clothes away, just leave them out on the couch so I can sleep on them.
- Raise the bottom of the TV stand so I can reach all those toy mice under it.
Slinkee's biggest dreams:
- Leave the door of the storage closet open all the time so I can go in and out whenever I want.
- Leave the doors to the screened porch and the garage open all the time, too.
- Canned food on demand, just a spoonful or so whenever I feel like eating it.
- More things with corners to rub my face on, please.
- Give my claws back so I can *really* scratch on that post.
- Make that other cat quit sniffing my butt when I'm eating.
REBECCA SPRANG