Dommage

 The Resident Fan Boy took the Lithe Large Cat (he's fourteen pounds, but not overweight) for his annual checkup.  We've had him a little less than a year, and somehow, during the past ten months, he's managed to pick up fleas.

I've had cats all my life, and generally, you can spot fleas.  Not this time.  Furthermore, LLC is an indoor cat, but then, so was our last cat, who managed to pick up fleas, which apparently had been lying dormant for five years in the floorboard of our old house.

Anyway, it's not like we don't know what to do.  In the meantime, enjoy this feline French fantasy from the cartoonist Sandra Boynton, who also provides the vocals, accompanied by such luminaries as YoYo Ma, and Weird Al.  C'est magnifique.