The narrator tells us that he's been in Japan for ten years now, and that the next time he is there, he'll be at a big shindig in two months. The narrator explains that he left ten years ago to be the mate of a fat cat from the Middle East, but that rashid bit his neck during the mating process, so they couldn't be married. Ten years later, the fat cat is back in Japan, and the narrator says that he hasn't had a pregnant baby yet. He's not sure why, but he thinks it's because of the way rashid treats him. The cat is now 12 years old, and she looks happy and healthy.