Paris — a world guide
Paris is the world where everything looks like it smells of warm bread. The Eiffel Tower stands tall over pastel rooftops, the street lamps glow like little moons on sticks, and grey city doves wheel overhead as if they own the sky. (They do. Ask any Parisian dove.) Down below, a happy crowd of critters mills about the boulevard, and somewhere in the middle of all that oui-oui is the one special critter we're looking for.
Keep an eye out for the local color while you search: a silent mime kitty performing on the corner for nobody in particular, and a hound trotting past with a whole baguette he has no intention of sharing. This being Catchmemeow, there's no way to lose and nothing to rush — just a friendly crowd, one face hiding in it, and a whole city of whiskers to point at until the right one turns up.
What to look for in Paris
Paris hides nine treasures of its very own — and every single one is the rare kind, which means they blend into the crowd like locals who know a shortcut. (The usual world-hoppers, Cameow Sandiego among them, wander through here too.) Watch for these faces in the crowd:
- Purr-is Mime — a street-performer kitty stuck in an invisible box, and she is not saying a word about it.
- Mona Lisa-cat — the famous painting with the mysterious little smile. (Our theory: hungry.)
- Baguette Hound — carries a fresh baguette everywhere and shares it with exactly no one.
- Croissant Cat — buttery, flaky, napping in a café window. Do not schedule anything with her.
- Pierre la Pooch — sips his pretend café au lait and quietly judges your scarf.
- Vincat van Gogh — a swirly-whiskered painter with one nibbled ear and an enormous heart.
- Joan of Bark — a pup-knight sworn to defend France, and also the leftover roast chicken.
- Marie Purrie — a scientist cat with two Nobel Prizes and zero spilled test tubes.
- Claude Monet-Meow — paints soft, fuzzy water lilies because he naps with his glasses on.
Tips for grown-ups
- Every Paris treasure is the blend-into-the-crowd kind, so nothing streaks away here. It's a slow-looking world — scan together, one lamppost at a time.
- It's a lovely excuse for tiny French words: try bonjour, oui oui, and baguette out loud. Bonus points for the accent.
- Point at the Eiffel Tower, then count the doves wheeling past it. "Who isn't making any sound?" is a good whisper-game for finding the mime.
- Ask which pastry pal they'd invite to snack time — Croissant Cat or Baguette Hound. Neither will share. Discuss.
One more thing…
Real cats will happily sit inside a square of tape on the floor — a box that isn't there at all. Which means the Purr-is Mime isn't really performing. She's just being a cat, très professionally.