Another Way Into "Cat in the Rain"

Since part of the fun here is overindulging in this paragraph - staying in it longer than we normally would - here’s an audio file of me reading that first paragraph. Hearing things often, of course, makes us aware of things we might have missed on the page.

Other things to try in this spirit: read it aloud yourself; have someone else read it to you; try typing or handwriting it out.

We’re trying to get acquainted with the small moves within it, slow the reading process down, so we notice more.