World Book Day the Slow Mo Cat Way aka #IWantMyOED (3/5/15)

Today is World Book Day! While Emily considers every day to be "book day" in her world, she did take extra time today to peruse the Oxford English Dictionary and, I can exclusively report, read some Calvin and Hobbes. Emily also knows World Book Day by the name "WHY DON'T I HAVE THUMBS Day." This is one of the rare occasions when Emily needs assistance to accomplish one of her goals -- someone has to turn those pages.

In today's clip, we see that Emily, known throughout the feline literary community (looking at you Sneaky Pie Brown) for her razor-like focus and exceptional powers of concentration, has her limits. When I snuck up on her reading Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip she returns to time and time again for what she nebulously (and slightly frighteningly) terms "inspiration," she turned imperiously to face the camera. This momentary distraction did not last long, however, and soon she had happily returned to her reading, lost in the world of her cat imagination.

While she was not in the mood to be filmed earlier today, she did provide this tryptic of images, and consented to having them captioned.

Emily reading in peace.

"May I read with you, Emily?"

"Get your own book"