[ WP ] To keep up with challenges by mortals , Death must master every new game that comes up . But there 's one game that he just ca n't figure out for the death of him .

Wʜᴀᴛ ɪs ɪᴛ? Is ɪᴛ ғᴜɴ? he asked, approaching the table. 
 
 Nobbs sidled towards the door, altogether uncomfortable with the strange character who has appeared over his shoulder. His hands quivered a bit as he untangled the floss and woolwax yarn from the knobs on his fingers. 
 
 The hooded man moved closer. Though Nobbs could not see his face beneath the dark robe, he could sense the inquisitive expression on the man's face. 
 
 ``'S called Cat's Cradle, but it's pr-'' 
 
 I ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴄᴀᴛs. 
 
 Nobbs stumbled over the stool beside him. `` Essir, quite! I mean, not to say y-'' 
 
 The hooded character moved closer, reaching for the yarn. Tᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ. I ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴀᴛ's Cʀᴀᴅʟᴇ. 
 
 Nobbs, by now speechless, allowed the strange man to pull the yarn from his fingers. After all, Nobbs had never before had any character intentionally move TOWARDS him once within smelling distance. 
 
 The strange man held up the yarn. His ivory fingers awkwardly stretching the length between his hands. Sʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴀᴛ's Cʀᴀᴅʟᴇ, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ. He repeated. 
 
 Nobbs delicately reached out and began to twist the yard around the stranger's fingers. Nobbs froze when the yarn slipped right through a joint of the fingers and fell towards the ground. 
 
 Is ᴛʜɪs ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ? Aʀᴇ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ғᴜɴ ɴᴏᴡ? 
 
 Nobbs tried to replaces the string around the strangers fingers with his quivering knuckles ( for Nobbs' hands were almost all knuckles and no fingers ) but once more the yarn slipped through the space in between the finger bones of the strangers hands. Nobbs' face froze. 
 
 Aᴍ I ᴡɪɴɴɪɴɢ? Wʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴛ? 
... 
 
 Death looked around the room. Nobbs had dsappeared from the room so fast that even his odor had struggled to keep up. Death delicately held the yarn in his hand. 
 
 Wʜᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇ. I ᴀᴍ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴀᴛ's Cʀᴀᴅʟᴇ. 
 
 
 
 
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