Murray Mandryk: Scott Cat had cheese for all in Mouseland this year
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They were now all black cats who spent a surprisingly amount of time hissing and clawing at each over who was truly the blackest.
Mouseland’s Scott Cat got to relax a lot more this year. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post
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A Mouseland Christmas: Based on the original fable by T.C. Douglas and updated to reflect Saskatchewan politics in December 2022.
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Standing on the balcony of the Great Marble Palace, Scott Cat heaved a block of cheese as far as he could.
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The Mouseland critters cheered wildly, so he hucked another. And another. And another.
Meek or fierce, poor or rich, raw-boned skinny or plump like a body-shamed Christmas goose, soon every Mouseland critter that gathered under their leader’s balcony this snowy Christmas Eve would get their cheese.
Carefully measured in allotments of 500 mouse dollars, each got the same amount — just enough to make the poorest of critters feel rich, but not so meagre that the fattest of Mouseland cats could simply ignore it.
But what fat cat has ever passed up any amount of free stuff tossed out by someone in government?
Scott Cat grinned…
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