I don’t know where the expression “cat got your tongue” comes from*, but it works on multiple levels for this installment, so read at your own peril/wonder/sponge**.
*Fine, I looked it up since I had 1.3 extra seconds, and Gary Martin, over at Phrasefinder-dot-co-dot-uk, found the first instance of it in print in 1859 …
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