Omg, do people know about the cats that live on the grounds of the Bedford branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (on Franklin)? I've seen them there for years -- when I'm paying attention, that is. If you're just walking south on your way to the C or Franklin Shuttle on Fulton Street, you might notice a cat just hanging out, inside the bars of the fence around the grounds of the library. But if you look past that one cat, you'll notice another one. And then another. And then another! One might be sitting right next to the brick wall of the library building itself. Another might be lounging in the middle of the ground. A few might be hanging out along the other side of the fence. Cats cats cats! Insanity!
I don't actually know how many cats live on the library grounds. I don't know if they're related to each other or what, but They Wuv Each Other(!!!!) I know this because if you stand there and make trilling noises, one will come up to say hi to you, and a few minutes later another one will come up to say hi, and the two of them will start brushing up against each other in a little Cat Dance of Wuv. You just want to reach your hand in through the bars of that little cat zoo and do some serious heavy petting and take them home with you; it's like an illness. Then you get all worried that if you walk away they'll follow you -- or, worse, run out into the street and get hurt.
No worries, though. You walk away, and they stay put. They're glad you paid a visit, but they're home. They watch you go with their big flirtatious eyes. They seem to have enough to eat somehow, and they also have each other.
You're the one who suddenly doesn't know how you can live your life without them. Squeeeeeeee!
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