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Boots, a young black-and-white domestic shorthair cat, lies on his back, pawing playfully at the air.

These are not easy shoes to step into, but Foster spends much of her time onstage barefoot, pawing her way into the part with those dirty, bare-soled, hilariously expressive feet of hers.

Then she accused him of “pawing” through her script and — while mimicking his South African accent — claimed he didn’t laugh at the sketch a single time.

Even Stokes was prowling laps of the boundary on Thursday, like a caged tiger pawing at the ground.

We are caught like cats pawing at baubles while missing the true depravity of another Trump presidency.