They sang a song without words to her.  From Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats, Written Principally By a Lady of Ninety, 1923.

"Yes, I am a dunce."  From Kittens and Cats by Eulalie Osgood Grover, 1911.

Weird lyrics, weird imagery, weird band!  (Even if I do say so myself.)

Take any story you can think of and insert this as the epilogue.  Eerily, it works almost every time!  From Nebelspalter, 1905.

From Cine-Mundial, 1929.

From Nebelspalter, 1908.

"Then ..."  From Western Carolina's 1963 yearbook.

"My father, the cat."  Being a direct descendent of a cat is no longer a prerequisite: see How to Be Your Own Cat.

From Supernatural Cats, edited by Claire Necker, 1972.

Finally, news we can believe: "Spirit up as demons meet cats."  From The Current Sauce, 1953.

From the University of the South's 1927 yearbook.

Reblog if a cat oversees your campaigns.  From Lustige Blätter, 1915.

From Supernatural Cats, edited by Claire Necker, 1972.

It's as if he has taken the principles of How to Be Your Own Cat and is going full leonine.  This lion-man is cartoonist Steve Gipson, from the University of North Carolina Wilmington's 1978 yearbook.

"They call me little fairy."  From Kittens and Cats by Eulalie Osgood Grover, 1911.

From Saint Mary's 1914 yearbook.