Every morning, when Maria goes outside to feed the animals, she stops and picks up Minnie and holds her close, and sings the “Minnie Song:”

“Oh, Minnie is a pussy,

she is a pussy cat,

and every where that Minnie goes,

there is a big dead rat…”

— Lyrics by Maria Wulf

Then she puts Minnie down and feeds her some special food for elderly cats. Minnie closes her eyes and purrs.