OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS // STARTER SENTENCES feel free to change pronouns & gendered language !
‘ it isn’t just one of your holiday games .’
‘ a cat needs a name that’s particular. ’
‘ nothing is done without trying. ’
‘ their behavior’s not good and their manners’ not nice! ’
‘ i am sorry to admit it, but she quickly disappeared. ’
‘ i’m sure she was not drowned. ’
‘ there isn’t any call for me to shout it. ’
‘ he only likes what he finds for himself. ’
‘ there’s no doing anything about it! ’
‘ if it happens to be a stormy night, they’ll practice a caper or two in the hall. ’
‘ that was merely their center of operation. ’
‘ it’s that horrible cat! ’
‘ some of the time you would say it was luck, and some of the time you would say it was weather. ’
‘ my sight’s unreliable, but i can guess. ’
‘ i’ll have the police if there’s any uproar. ’
‘ almost nothing happened for nearly a week. ’
‘ there were surely a dozen. more likely a score! ’
‘ the neighbors were so much afraid that they started to ring up the fire brigade. ’
‘ please listen to me and don’t scoff. ’
‘ he’ll defy examination and deceive you again. ’
‘ he’s broken every human law. ’
‘ he’s outwardly respectable. they say he cheats at cards. ’
‘ he always has an alibi, and one or two to spare. ’
‘ well, the theatre’s certainly not what it was. ’
‘ i shall last out my time. ’
‘ he will supervise them all — more or less. ’
‘ he sees what you are thinking and it’s certain he wouldn’t approve. ’
‘ you should need no interpreter. ’
‘ don’t speak ‘til you are spoken to. ’