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Loganberry Books, Shaker Heights, Ohio, hosted a retirement party Sunday for longtime and legendary bookseller cat Otis. "Our dear Otis is retiring and we are sending him into retirement with a bang!" the bookstore posted on Facebook. The celebration included feline Wordle, cat cakes, whisker recommendations and a fundraiser for Weird Cat Lovers of Cleveland. The festivities marked not only 14 years of service but also Otis's "furteenth birthday."
"A long and storied career in the bookstore business began when he showed up outside the home of Loganberry Books owner Harriet Logan," News5 reported. "He was just a couple months old at the time, and as Logan tells it, he asked for a job and has worked there ever since."
Elisabeth Plumlee-Watson, a bookseller and buyer at Loganberry, said some customers skip the browsing and go straight to Otis. "Because he's been here less and less. I would say there have been more disappointed customers lately, though hopefully not disappointed for long because it's a fabulous place to end up." Otis's little sister, Alice, has been spending a lot more time at the store.