BooBoo and Rufy share their daily trials and tribulations with Peter and Maryanne Markus. Four-year-old BooBoo, a squat and solid little Russian Blue mix, has the soul, temperament and spirit of an ancient philosopher. Rufy, a ten-year-old apricot cream Manx, has, well...a bit of a self-image problem. Something's wrong, but he can't quite figure out what it is. None of his peers seem to take him seriously, and he is picked on relentlessly by the neighborhood cats. They invade his territory and taunt him in his own backyard! He gets no respect.

It's been another hard day for the Markus cats. Once again Rufy has been ambushed in his driveway by one of the neighborhood bullies. Never one to instigate confrontation, Rufy has a hard time understanding why he is continually challenged to defend his honor on his own turf. What's even more baffling is that none of those cats ever pick on BooBoo! "How many more times must I prove my strength, my status and my superiority?" Rufy wonders aloud.

BooBoo is equally perplexed, but for different reasons. To him, the answer seems so simple. If Rufy would just grow himself a tail like the rest of those cats, his troubles would be over. But BooBoo, diplomatic soul that he is, doesn't want to add insult to Rufy's injuries by revealing the answer. Instead he rolls his eyes in long-suffering sympathy for his pathetically unenlightened pal.