Three scientists — Papaia, Banani, and Ravioli — and their assistant Igor, who work at NASAL, start getting interested in creationism. Their superiors, worried, send them to see a psychologist, Professor Faggioli, a dubious character determined to get them fired by making them seem crazy.
We’re in Professor Faggioli’s office, where Ravioli is talking about his childhood, when he used to hide the after-school fish in his backpack to avoid having to eat it.
Raviolino hides the backpack on top of the bookshelf, but just then, his dad enters and starts reading a book. The cat, meanwhile, has found the backpack and begins to open it, causing pieces of fish to fall everywhere. Raviolino manages to get his parents out of the room and retrieves the backpack, chasing the cat away. But now, the living room is full of pieces of rotten fish on the floor.
Ravioli realizes the disaster he and the cat have caused.
Ravioli: Oh no! Look at this mess! The carpet is full of rotten fish pieces!
Ravioli hides the rotten fish under the carpet, quickly closes the backpack, and locks it in the closet.
Meanwhile, the parents have returned.
Dad: Are you sure you smelled gas? Everything seems fine in the kitchen.
Ravioli: Now that I think about it, maybe it was the fish mom made for dinner.
Mom: Raviolino, you really scared us! But you did the right thing — if you smell gas again, you must tell us right away!
Ravioli: Yes, Mom, I will! Don’t worry!
The cat, meanwhile, has returned to the living room, drawn by the smell of fish coming from under the carpet.
Mom: Anchovino, what’s wrong with you?
Dad: Why won’t this cat stop scratching the carpet! He’s going to ruin it!
Mom: Listen to him! He’s meowing so loudly! He’s desperate!
Dad: Ugh! I can’t concentrate on my reading!
Ravioli freezes. He imagines his parents lifting the carpet and discovering his disaster.
Ravioli (nervously): Maybe he’s in heat!
Mom: Ah, that’s true! Poor Anchovino, do you want a girlfriend?
Dad: Oh no! Then we’ll have to get him neutered. Ravioli, go get the carrier. We’re going to the vet.
The flashback ends, and we return to Professor Faggioli’s office.
Faggioli: So it ended badly for poor Anchovino!
Ravioli: Well, yes. We had him neutered that very night. And from that day on, I had a strange feeling.
Faggioli: What feeling?
Ravioli: It was as if the cat held a grudge against me.
Igor: With a filthy carpet and chunks of rotten fish, Ravioli had ended up getting Anchovino caught in the mess. Even worse, the cat had lost his ability to procreate. And now Raviolino felt like something wasn’t quite right… Strange… cats usually love being betrayed!
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