How do I explain Plato's allegory of the cave to my cat?

gato’s allegory of the fishtank

cats will be sitting there next to a full bowl of food looking at you like "perchance if thou will grant me the smallest morsel of sustenance I may yet survive the cruelty of this cold night"

How dare?! He worked hard for that shiny! Rude! What about his cuteness discount?

hate when I type :) and this 🙂 fucker appears. Go away you evil soul

i want to kill this thing so bad i want to squish it under my thumb i want to know if it bleeds or if it cracks i want to throw it against the wall and if it screams i drown it instead

Dahling you simply must read this book! It’s all about this devious little caterpillar who simply gorges himself on all manner of divine things