Guest Cat furniture Perhaps because babies do not

Perhaps because babies do not shoplift

Surviving the intrigues of her trade and the upheavals of war

Ever find yourself stuck at the office-or even just glued to the couch—when you really want to get out (for once)

Look what you started

Kept me up most of the night

Guest Cat furniture Perhaps because babies do notA couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo. They work at home as freelance writers. They no longer have very much to say to one another. One day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. She is a beautiful creature. She leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again. New, small joys accompany the cat; the days have more light and colour. Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the