Even this Pallas cat gets in on the discovery and exploration process.

Photos from Calgary Zoo.

I forgot to add, when I told my mom that I had shared this, she said, "It didn't end there! He told me to have a good evening, and I said, I will now!" Poor Pratchett. He could not have prepared for Kate.

He went to sign her book, and she said, "Nono, you have to put the hat on!" "Why?" "It's part of the fantasy!" And, bless him, he did. 🤣

Then you don't know that my mother flirted with him. 😏