English teacher fancies cats

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Kenzie Shay holds her two cats, both named after characters in The Great Gatsby.

Elizabeth Reisman, Guest Writer

Mackenzie Shay has a cat craze.

The English teacher has been infatuated with cats ever since she was a young girl. She said her family always had cats and now she has two of her own. “I like cats because I think they’re funny, sneaky, sassy, and bratty,” she said.

In addition to her two cats, Daisy and Gatsby, Shay has cat stuffed animals, a little porcelain cat figurine, and cat earrings – a definite sign of her cat obsession. If Shay makes it over owning three cats then she knows her passion has gone too far. “When I see a cat I break into my cat voice and I just want to pet any cat in my sight,” said Shay.