A woman living alone except for her old tom cat at the top of a house - every night, the same, read the paper, watch television, go to bed alone.
One night, after an exceptionally bad run of television programmes, she is preparing to go to bed and she lets out a loud sigh - "I wish I had someone to keep me company".
A passing Fairy Godmother hears her wish, points her magic wand and, FLASH - her tom cat turns into a handsome young man.
Delighted, she sits him down and tells him to make himself comfortable, then she races to the kitchen, prepares him a meal, sets the table for two, with candles and wine, and eventually, calls him in to eat.
They sit down to eat the delicious meal, open the wine and finish the bottle, then they relax on the sofa.
"Wouldn't it be nice", she said, "if we were now to go to bed and make passionate love".
"It would", he says. "Isn't it a pity you sent me to the vet to have that operation?"
Jim Carroll