This story was kindly submitted by Jerry Ashukem Egbe
Mr. Whiskers was a small, striped cat who lived in a quiet house in the town of Meowchester. He loved two things more than anything in the whole world: taking long naps and stretching in the strangest, silliest ways you could imagine.
One bright morning, he woke up from his fifth nap – and it wasn’t even lunchtime yet. He sat up, stretched his back high toward the ceiling, and yawned so wide it sounded like a tiny trumpet.
“Hm,” he thought. “Humans make such a fuss about yoga. I do it all the time.”
He slid onto his belly, stretched his front paws forward, lifted his tail, and wiggled his whiskers proudly.
“There,” he said softly. “That’s not Downward Dog. That’s Downward Cat.”
From that moment on, Mr. Whiskers decided he was a real yoga master.
The very next day, he started giving yoga lessons by the garden fence. The first one to show up was Bruno, the neighbor’s dog.
“I thought yoga was for dogs,” Bruno said, confused.
“It is,” Mr. Whiskers replied calmly. “But cats are just a little better at it.”
Soon more animals gathered. A parrot landed on the fence and shouted, “Breathe in! Breathe out!” every few seconds. A goldfish even watched from its bowl on the porch, its tiny fins fluttering with excitement.
Mr. Whiskers showed them gentle poses anyone could try. One was called the Purring Plank, where you had to stay very still while purring softly. Another was the Sleeping Sunbeam, where you simply lay down in a warm patch of sunlight and enjoyed the quiet. That one became everyone’s favorite.
When the day was nearly over, Mr. Whiskers curled up on his soft cushion inside the house. He let out a small sigh and closed his eyes.
“Yoga is hard work,” he murmured. “But it makes me happy. And maybe it makes my friends happy too.”
He stretched one last tiny stretch – slow and calm – just like only a cat can.
Then he drifted off to sleep, ready for another day of stretches, purrs, and silly animal yoga.
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