Long ago, before humans invented time, the universe was empty of all but a race of great mother cats. One in particular is relevant to our history here on Earth. Although she was a mother cat, she had no children and had never had any, which meant that though she was incredibly well-rested, she was also quite bored. In her travels, she found herself looking down on Earth with a frown.
"This world is my bowl of goldfish," she said, "but where are all the goldfish?"
She then decided that she would find the "goldfish" to put on the world to amuse herself with or create what she had to. She was a mother, after all. Creation was what she was good at. Then she took a nap.
Due to her great need for frequent naps, as well as her short attention span, it took the great mother cat forty-nine days and nights to populate the world with her minions. At least, this is the current estimate; the rudimentary humans she populated the world with hadn't gotten much further in their methods of counting than grunting and pointing.
After she was done, the great mother cat yawned and chose a part of the world to settle down in, curling up to sleep. We have not heard from her again. Most scholars believe that she settled down in Egypt and that the Great Sphinx was built around her. A few other scholars believe that she left this world to populate more of the universe, as eventually this "bowl of goldfish" grew too boring for her.
Then there are those who believe she is still among us in this world, hiding among the other cats and laughing at us with a gleam in her eyes.
Almost everycat is certain that wherever she is, when she sleeps, she dreams of us.
Moral: Catnaps are important, but so is waking up to play afterward.
