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| beatles9091 |
ON BEING A CAT
The routine happens every day at about the time. I go to the cupboard,
retrieve the feline food, and place it at the appropriate locations: Purrcy
and Dusty get theirs in the kitchen while Tabby and Reina's go onto the
enclosed back porch (so we can shut the door and keep out the marauding
kittens.) Before I'm able to put T and R's food down, Dusty comes tearing
from wherever he is and jumps into the sink in the bathroom on the porch.
He begs me to turn on the water faucet so he can lap a little fresh water
from it. Happens every day.but one time, Tabby had had enough! So our
little story begins one day as Dusty is racing past T and R on the way to
the sink..
"Disgusting!" meowed Tabby as he watched the little grey-striped Dusty
race past him.
"Shameful!" echoed Reina. "What a shameful display for a cat!"
Dusty jumped into the sink and I turned on the water for him. For a
few moments, the only sound coming from the basin was furious lapping.
Finally, it stopped and Dusty poked his head over the sink.
"What's so disgusting and shameful?" he asked.
T and R looked at him with a bit of contempt on their furry faces.
"The way you run to drink water whenever the human comes back here.
You'd think you were a d*g the way you act." Tabby replied.
Dusty looked long and hard at T and R. "What? What's wrong with
getting the human to turn on the water when he's back here? Saves him a
trip and I get my water!"
"Any self-respecting cat knows that you're supposed to wait until the
humans are comfortably settled in somewhere-preferably sleeping-then go make
a nuisance of yourself. Sit on his chest, meow in his ear, bite his
toes-something to show you're the master and you won't take no for an
answer." Reina added.
"I'm sorry...but the humans are nice to us and I just couldn't do that
to them."
"Of course, they're nice to us. But that isn't the point! It's the
whole cat-human relationship thing you're threatening with your acts. If we
wait for them to do something and respond accordingly, why, we'd be just
like d*gs. Why would anyone want a cat if we were so much like d*gs?' Reina
continued.
"Because we come house-broken and d*gs don't?"
"DOOH!" Tabby cried as he slapped his forehead with his paws. As soon
as he recovered, he continued. "Look, kid. That's a good point but it's
not enough. We cats have to act regal, demanding, and independent. That's
what makes us cats and that's why certain humans love us so much. That's
why we wait until the human is in his favorite chair, watching TV, and
nodding off. That's when we DEMAND our food! Then he knows who the boss
is!"
"But.but." Dusty stammered as he tried to respond.
"But nothing," cried Reina. "You'd better start acting like a cat or
the Mothership will revoke your Amalgamated Federation of Felines membership
or you'll be demoted to."
Tabby and Reina both chimed in."A D*G!"
"AWK!" coughed Dusty.
And wouldn't you know it. I had just settled down for a little TV
before work.and here comes Dusty, meowing his fool head off (perhaps he was
trying just a bit too hard!) and complaining. Of course, in the corner, I
could see Tabby and Reina with a little smirk on their faces. Sigh.another
young kitten led down the road to ruin!
Faithfully submitted....
Roger
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| Marina |
"beatles9091" <beatles9091@bigmailbox.net> wrote
> ON BEING A CAT
>
Wonderful story, Roger, as always. Poor Dusty, he has two severe teachers
there.
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Marina
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| Byron & Christine Burel |
Love it, Roger!!!! You should really write a book, or maybe a movie
screenplay on the kitties -- there's a talking dog movie coming out soon so
there really should be a talking cat movie, too!
Christine
"beatles9091" <beatles9091@bigmailbox.net> wrote in message
news:vj2ve9b2q4kt89@corp.supernews.com...
> ON BEING A CAT
>
> The routine happens every day at about the time. I go to the
cupboard,
> retrieve the feline food, and place it at the appropriate locations:
Purrcy
> and Dusty get theirs in the kitchen while Tabby and Reina's go onto the
> enclosed back porch (so we can shut the door and keep out the marauding
> kittens.) Before I'm able to put T and R's food down, Dusty comes tearing
> from wherever he is and jumps into the sink in the bathroom on the porch.
> He begs me to turn on the water faucet so he can lap a little fresh water
> from it. Happens every day.but one time, Tabby had had enough! So our
> little story begins one day as Dusty is racing past T and R on the way to
> the sink..
>
> "Disgusting!" meowed Tabby as he watched the little grey-striped
Dusty
> race past him.
> "Shameful!" echoed Reina. "What a shameful display for a cat!"
> Dusty jumped into the sink and I turned on the water for him. For a
> few moments, the only sound coming from the basin was furious lapping.
> Finally, it stopped and Dusty poked his head over the sink.
> "What's so disgusting and shameful?" he asked.
> T and R looked at him with a bit of contempt on their furry faces.
> "The way you run to drink water whenever the human comes back here.
> You'd think you were a d*g the way you act." Tabby replied.
> Dusty looked long and hard at T and R. "What? What's wrong with
> getting the human to turn on the water when he's back here? Saves him a
> trip and I get my water!"
> "Any self-respecting cat knows that you're supposed to wait until
the
> humans are comfortably settled in somewhere-preferably sleeping-then go
make
> a nuisance of yourself. Sit on his chest, meow in his ear, bite his
> toes-something to show you're the master and you won't take no for an
> answer." Reina added.
> "I'm sorry...but the humans are nice to us and I just couldn't do
that
> to them."
> "Of course, they're nice to us. But that isn't the point! It's the
> whole cat-human relationship thing you're threatening with your acts. If
we
> wait for them to do something and respond accordingly, why, we'd be just
> like d*gs. Why would anyone want a cat if we were so much like d*gs?'
Reina
> continued.
> "Because we come house-broken and d*gs don't?"
> "DOOH!" Tabby cried as he slapped his forehead with his paws. As
soon
> as he recovered, he continued. "Look, kid. That's a good point but it's
> not enough. We cats have to act regal, demanding, and independent.
That's
> what makes us cats and that's why certain humans love us so much. That's
> why we wait until the human is in his favorite chair, watching TV, and
> nodding off. That's when we DEMAND our food! Then he knows who the boss
> is!"
> "But.but." Dusty stammered as he tried to respond.
> "But nothing," cried Reina. "You'd better start acting like a cat
or
> the Mothership will revoke your Amalgamated Federation of Felines
membership
> or you'll be demoted to."
> Tabby and Reina both chimed in."A D*G!"
> "AWK!" coughed Dusty.
> And wouldn't you know it. I had just settled down for a little TV
> before work.and here comes Dusty, meowing his fool head off (perhaps he
was
> trying just a bit too hard!) and complaining. Of course, in the corner, I
> could see Tabby and Reina with a little smirk on their faces.
Sigh.another
> young kitten led down the road to ruin!
>
> Faithfully submitted....
>
> Roger
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| SUQKRT |
In article <bgsmbq$settt$1@ID-199012.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Byron & Christine
Burel" <bburel1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>Love it, Roger!!!! You should really write a book, or maybe a movie
>screenplay on the kitties -- there's a talking dog movie coming out soon
>so
>there really should be a talking cat movie, too!
>Christine
I agree Roger's stories are great.
Suz
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