For thousands of years, humanity has attempted to understand the domestic cat.
This effort has been almost entirely unsuccessful.
The mistake has always been the same. Humans assume that cats behave unpredictably. They do not. Cats are, in fact, among the most consistent creatures on Earth. Their actions are governed by a rigid and internally coherent body of natural law.
Humans simply do not know what those laws are.
After decades of careful observation-including countless interrupted meals, displaced laptop computers, occupied chairs, midnight stampedes, and objects methodically pushed from elevated surfaces-the compiler has identified one hundred and one of these immutable principles.
The reader is cautioned that acceptance of these laws may permanently alter his or her understanding of the feline mind. Once recognized, the evidence becomes impossible to ignore.
Should your own cat appear to be violating one of these laws, you may safelY assume that your interpretation is flawed.
The cat's is almost certainly correct.