When I was a child, I had a fairly big stuffed toy collection. Quite a few were cat stuffed toys. Those are almost all gone now, but in the last few years, I've collected some here and there that I liked, and that were small. I like the little ones, and think of some of them as totems for individual cats. I don't take it seriously though, this is all about fun for me.

Sylvester

The one that started my collection as an adult is shown below. It is the famous Sylvester. I found this one, though I can't remember where now, even though I really have tried to remember. It is fitting, as the cat it reminds me of is Cornelius who is pictured here with Sylvester. Cornelius was found too. Sadly for me, Cornelius is long gone, but I hold on to Sylvester, and I keep him beside a picture of Cornelius.

On New Year's evening 2011, I was at friends playing board games. I'm not sure now if I won a game, or everyone got a prize, but I got a stuffed toy cow that was black & white. Being a tuxedo cat fanatic, I was thrilled, and took the new "tuxedo cow" home and gave it to my girl tuxedo cat Andi. I just assumed she would not have cared, but much to my surprise, she was enamored with it. It became her toy until one day it disappeared a year or so later. So far, it has never turned up, and I've never found another one to give to Andi.

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