Our favourite host sashays onto stage once more, spinning a violet top hat with his bushy tail.

Brick: Welcome again to Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars! Our constellation is Cepheus the King this time! Let us welcome warmly Barkface!

The crowd cheers. Glowing pairs of eyes follow the dark brown tom as he gracefully leaps onto the stage, young and robust from StarClan. They assume the basket he's carrying is for his presentation. Wrongly.

Barkface: CATMINT! FRESHLY-PICKED CATMINT! COME UP AND GET SOME FOR ONLY 99 MOUSETAILS! *dances around, suddenly appearing very hyper*

Brick watches in horror and cats surge forward, eyes burning with yearning. "CATMINT! WE WANT CATMINT! WE WANT CATMINT!"

"StarClan cats have it so much easier than us living cats!" one particular addict exclaims.

The crowd has stolen Barkface's basket and are crowding around it like the crowd they are. Brick and his security guards are waiting it out. Really, what else can they do? Sure enough, within a few heartbeats the basket is empty, and cats were back in their usual places, some chewing hungrily on their desired herb.

Barkface: All right. I made some big bucks then. Now, kitties, I'm here to talk about a constellation. I think it's Cepheus or something. Here's a picture!

Barkface: Honestly, it doesn't look like anything, but it's supposed to be a really important twoleg—the father of Cassiopeia and Andromeda. Actually, I'm sure you've all heard of them from the previous presentations.

Brick: That's very interesting. The whole family are constellations!

Barkface: Yes. Cepheus is also the 27th largest constellation its neighbouring constellations are Ursa Major, Camelopardalis, Cygnus, Draco, Lacerta and Cassiopeia. I guess the old chap didn't want to be parted too far from his wife.

A few approving crunches can be heard from the crowd. You can't blame them; they have already sat through 18 consecutive presentations.

Barkface: The Cepheus dude ruled his own bit of land like kings do. He ruled Aethiopia, which was a region that contained modern Egypt, Jordan and Israel. Now remember, he was the one that tried to sacrifice his daughter to Poseidon's sea monster because Poseidon was destroying his land. Fast-forward a little, and Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia accidentally looks at Medusa's dead head, so they turned into stone.

Brick: Did a God place his constellation in the sky?

Barkface: Yes, Zeus did, after his tragic death. But as you can see from the projection, Zeus obviously couldn't make his constellations actually look at the things they're meant to be.

A bolt of lightning strikes the stage, barely missing the former medicine cat. The crowd collectively sucks in a breath.

Barkface: Um, I gotta go sell catmint...bye! *runs off the stage, a mini storm-cloud following him*

Brick: All right kitties, it is finally time for a break! We didn't plan any in our schedule because we didn't know exactly when the stage would be wrecked, but now is time to go and stretch out your legs. The crew should have the stage fixed by moonhigh. There are refreshments on the tables—help yourselves. The next presentation will be shortly presented.

Brick pads off the stage.

Written by Saph! 🍩✨