Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for May 15, 2021

Wondering why Baba Mouse has her arm around Beatrix. Does Beatrix look sad/concerned to anyone else?

I’m so sorry, Beatrix and Baba.

That face says it all…

Hope Beatrix recovers from the news soon.

How serious they look. Bea with world reports and Baba with a sad face.

The last panel with Bea and Baba make this a somber cliffhanger. But I can say YAY for TOE BEANS in panel 2

I wonder if this is about all the People that have died and the shelters are getting flooded with their animal companions.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/us/pets-of-coronavirus/index.html

Note the last time the cats have been aware of People News was when the Supreme Court made gay marriage legal nationwide:

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/there-are-rainbows-everywhere/

If Beatrix has uncovered sad news, I’m glad she has Baba there beside her

Beatrix’s expression reminds me of that line in Disney’s (highly underrated) Atlantis: “You don’t wanna know. Audrey, don’t tell him. You shouldn’t have told me, but you did, and now I’m telling you, you don’t wanna know!”

Good old Baba.

picks up Beatrix and hugs her There there, its okay.

Dear Bea and Baba, The people are just glad there are shots to help, but, yes, the losses have been profound.

Beatrix looks stunned with sadness, and Baba Mouse is there because she knows Beatrix is too young to handle what she learned from the world report.

Cat in Chicago makes a 5 story leap, see my post and a link to the video at my late yesterday post.

Shadow worm in eye update. After letting some time pass with the treatment our vet prescribed, the worm that was in his eye is now a nearly an invisible spectre of what it was. It is dissolving into nothingness.

Beatrix, don’t bother reading people news. It’s always bad. I’ve been watching it for ninety percent of my life (I’m 75) and I can tell you that we’re doomed, and always have been.

If the news makes bubbly Beatrix sad then it must really be bad.

It’s bad news all right. A nasty red dragon infected the whole world. Woe is we.

For some reason Beatrix and Baba Mouse remind me of the time Lady Aberlin and Daniel Tiger from the Mister Rogers show talked about what happened to Bobby Kennedy.

I was only 3 at that time it first aired and do not even know if the Tampa PBS had Mr Rogers then (remember watching the show a few years later in the early ’70s) but I remember seeing that eye watering scene on a Mr Rogers biography that went through some of the amazing things that gentleman did on his show over the years….

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Beatrixia: My present-day descendant is too upset to continue my story right now. Here is a song for her and all my friends: Helen Reddy’s Candle on the Water.

We need the candle on the water

A light of love to always burn

The world seems lost and drifting

But the clouds are lifting

Don’t give up ’tho we all have much to learn

…….

We need the candle on the water

To guide us through the cold, dark night

We’ll stay there right beside you

Let this candle guide you

The morning brings a golden stream of light!

…….

A cold and frightening time has found you

Don’t let the stormy darkness pull you down

There is still joy enough around you

Circling in the air

Full of hope and prayer

…….

We need the candle on the water

This flame of light will grow

Together we can make it

Joining hands, please take it

All of us reaching out to show

As sure as rivers flow

We’ll never let you go

We’ll never let you go

We’ll never let you go…

Puckmosis: We’ll be back with the rest of the story real soon.

It saddens me to see Beatrix and Baba Mouse sad and somber. I would hug Yum Yum for comfort, but she’d take my face off.

I’m glad Beatrix has Baba. Elder cats can be most comforting.

BCN is about to get too real.

Yes, it is up to us “Old Ones”, who have been thru all the pain & heartaches of the 1900’s, from TWO world wars, (and all the rest of the awful broohahas, mine was Viet Nam & then Desert Storm), Spanish flu, polio, no vaccines, no antibiotics, JFK, MLK, riots, etc, to teach the “Young Ones”, that tomorrow can be better, to have hurt from the pain of losing someone you love, is to know you have a tender heart. That we CAN go on, the pain does get easier to handle. And, most of all, never forget that all those events changed in time. We got vaccines & antibiotics & improved medical sciences incredibly fast. People who had cancer, are now living thru it all & can die of old age, not cancer, to name just one. The list of achievements goes on & on. We will get thru this too. Scarred, battered, heart-sore & heart-sick, but, we will survive.

“On a more somber note … "

I saw her today on live reception

A news report in her paw

Had she seen the pandemic section?

At her side giving comfort is Baba

No, we can’t always get what we want

We can’t always get what we want

We can’t always change how we feel

But if we cry sometimes we may find

It can help us heal

(Keith Richards / Mick Jagger – You Can’t Always Get What You Want)

“World reports” foreshadows bad news these days.

I also don’t understand why a vet would be giving out people shots. It’s pretty easy to get one now if you want one from people doctors, at least in the US.

For what it’s worth, I had both vaccinations by the beginning of March.

This does not look good. Whatever it is Beatrix and Baba, my heart goes out to you.

what happened beatrix???

♫“Sittin’ in a park in Paris, France

Reading the news and it sure looks bad

They won’t give peace a chance

That was just a dream some of us had.”♫

uh oh I don’t like the expressions in the last panel

Goldie and Baba look a little upset.

Does this mean that Baba Mouse is Beatrix’s mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, or great-great-grandmother?

The cats are not often exposed to people news. I’m sure Beatrix and Baba are quite shocked by the results of Bea’s research, after a year of the plague. Can you imagine the feelings of someone who has been living off the grid, voluntarily or not, or someone awakening from a long-term coma, suddenly being hit with the knowledge of what has happened to our world in the last 14 months? And that’s just what governments have allowed us to know, we’ll probably never hear the full story of how much went on before we were made aware.

Looks like they’ve gotten a big name pundit for Bea’s segment.

Oh no the BCN crew and friends are soon going to find out the terrible news. I want them to remain in their own world. I know they will be super supportive when they find out, but I still want them to live in a world without all that death and anxiety.

On that note, I need to know if Trevor got his woman’s biscuit for being good.

Bea’s got that 1000-yard stare.

Uh-oh, some unsettling news awaits.

I’m rather more thinking that the sad news might have something to do with one of the characters in BCN rather than people news unless as some people have suggested that it’s about pets being abandoned or left alone because their people have died of COVIDS. First thought was – Burt maybe? Or Homestyle?

Could caption today’s strip with,

" I read the news today … … Oh, boy … "

I got my first COVID-19 shot today!!!!

Whatever it is it must be bad news. I know this is only a comic, but it has me worried. Hurry up, Monday.

{Very quietly and respectfully mentioning Elvis and Puck toebeans and quietly celebrating them.}

I feel like this strip alone would have been hilarious if they didn’t take it seriously

They don’t know about covid yet? Huh, now that’s tragic.