Cat

"What's your cat's name?"

"Cat."

"You have a cat named Cat?"

"Yes, I do. And if I had a dog his name would be Dog," she said with a self-satisfied smile. "I've always wanted a cat named Cat. And so when I got my last cat, I named her Cat. It was better than what the shelter had named her, anyway."

"And what had they named her?"

"Megan. How completely ordinary. Very boring for a cat."

"And Cat isn't boring?"

"Of course not. You never meet a cat named Cat. They're all named Julio or something. Or Megan. Or Alisha. Ordinary names. People call a cat a cat all the time, but you never actually call a cat Cat, like it's a name. Actually, it's more like a title. Like princess, or duchess. Cat. She's feline royalty."