# Find Sci Fi Short Story About Cat Aliens

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-sci-fi-short-story-about-cat-aliens/597361
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 23, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-sci-fi-short-story-about-cat-aliens/597361 "2011-09-23T18:30:02Z")
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### Author: ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-sci-fi-short-story-about-cat-aliens/597361/1 "2011-09-23T18:30:02Z")

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I’m trying to locate a science fiction short story about a cat type alien speices. The “cats” come to the earth for vacations/sabbaticals. There’s one lazy “alien cat” who is so pampered here that he refuses to go home, and the “alien cat police” come to retrieve him. I hope someone remembers this…

Thanks!

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### Author: ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-sci-fi-short-story-about-cat-aliens/597361/2 "2011-09-23T18:36:22Z")

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Space-time for Springers, by Fritz Leiber?

Whoops, that’s not it. Dang, I know I’ve read this…

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### Author: ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-sci-fi-short-story-about-cat-aliens/597361/3 "2011-09-23T19:27:14Z")

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Got it! Some Are Born Cats, by Terry and Carol Carr.