I love Japanese junk culture. They create bizarre characters, like the Mutant Ninja Turtles or the Power Rangers, and invent a whole back story for them. You learn about their friends and relatives, visit their homes, see what their daily lives are like.

I saw this little toy at a Japanese gift shop the other day, and I got to wondering about its back story. I think it spends the day eating tuna fish, laying in the sun, and batting around a little felt mouse. Then, when the sun goes down and it gets tired, as we see, it burrows down into its kitty litter and goes to sleep.