TAMARA FOR DUMMIES Ch IV update for those who have lost sleep since aforementioned Ch IV was 1st published

We all live but I attest not to the stability of our hithertofore friendships and the longetiviy of one black and white furred "Bad Kitty", a contrary creature which must surely be on its 9th already, but I have no guarantee of this....

Alas, one aforementioned friend at the last moment was not able to come to our "fete", leaving us at 4 guests, which ironically may have saved us from much-feared doom.  Some in the group desire to claim "Bad Kitty" as the 5th, but isn't this just asking for trouble from "the gods" and I do not think that this would be a fair substitution in light of the fact that....

1) The aforementioned friend is much too dear of one to ever be replaced by a feline and....

2)  Cats are on an entirely different "lives-scales" than we mere humans are and the cat, who has potentially much less to lose, is in the way of just bringing us down that much faster!