Sundance and/or Rebecca wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:

[Rebecca steps onto the stage]

Gud eevnin, kitteez an frenz. I hopez yoo are awl injoyin
yurownselvez heer at da Jellicle Ball. Dere haz bin sum lubly
tribyootz, and I beleev dere are a fyoo still to kum. If yoo wud like
to have ennee namez added to dis yeer's list of departid luvved wunz,
pleez gib dem to Daisy-chan soon so she kan inklood dem in da final
callin.

Dere iz plentee uv fudz, so pleez hav sumfing to eet if yoo haznt
alreddy, or evin if yoo haz! Be shur to sine da gest buk, too. Yoo

Mr Bobcat comes to the stage and looks about. He's seen enough to
understand how things go.

'I'd like to tell you I know everykitty who tried to get here, but I
don't. I only know the ones who made it here, to a safe spot.'

He bows his head then speaks again.

'May your memory of life contain joy. If it did not, may you learn it
in the afterlife. Be not afraid to love and move forward when the time
comes for you. There may be wonders ahead that we know not of.'.

Mr Bobcat pauses for a moment, then continues.

'I would read the rainbow bridge in my own way, but with tears, I know
many of you have no human to wait for. If it helps, in our own view, we
think a friend comes back to help us to find Bast. We do not walk the
bridge alone.'

Mr Bobcat nods and pads his way in complete silence from the podium.

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