Ursula the cat is a combination in her personality and physical particulars of:(etc.)
- black bear cub (hence the name)
- andiron
- West Highland terrier (fat tail)
- otter
- oversized muff for spoiled
cold-weather child royalty
- bulldog (broad chest)
- baby harbor seal
- medicine ball
- Schmoo
- little kid with licked finger ready to Wet Willy
- duck (quacking meows)
- scaredy cat
- elephant knocking down fences by scratching back against them
- Baby Huey
- bowling ball
- thug
- inconveniently placed bearskin rug
She is also a large percentage mink. She has lush, soft, thick, minky, ripply, chocolate-brown fur whose true color emerges only in strong direct sunlight--the rest of the time it looks black. Late spring/summer evenings are good for spotting it. A big fat mink.
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