Minding Manners

Mimi asks a listless Kitty if she wants to play. Mimi asks her if she is sick. Kitty just replies that she is hungry and perks up when she hears that Mama is making Kitty's favorite meal, salmon croquettes, for dinner. Kitty dashes to the kitchen and offers to set the table.

Once seated, Kitty's family is astonished by her lack of table manners. She wolfs down the croquettes, claiming she could eat a hundred of them. Also, food is dropping on the floor. Kitty defends herself saying that the food keeps jumping away when she jabs at it with the fork. Mimi explains that the food wouldn't jump off the plate if Kitty used her fork properly.

Mimi gives her a lesson on etiquette: point the fork upward and keep it away from your face except when you're eating, sit squarely in your chair, put the fork on the food very gently. Mama adds that good table manners show respect for those around you and learning to eat properly is the first step to good manners. Mimi expands- when you have good manners, it makes people feel comfortable and show you care. Kitty worries that there is so much to learn, it will be overwhelming. Kitty's first question about etiquette is about the proper way to ask for seconds.

Hello Kitty, Mimi, Mama, Papa

Hello Kitty was born on November 1, and she lives in London with her parents and her twin sister Mimi. These third-graders have lots of friends at school with whom they share many adventures. Most often, it's Hello Kitty who leads the group, and usually, they all end up learning an important lesson in the process. Her hobbies include eating yummy cookies that her sister Mimi bakes, and best of all, as Hello Kitty always says, "You can never have too many friends."

This TV series ran for 16 half-hour episodes, each consisting of two cartoons.

Alternate title of series: "Hello Kitty's Paradise."