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To: Hank Kerchief; unspun
I think I'll come back as a cat.

Well, if you do, do be sure to put yourself in the hands of my next-door neighbor, who once, in the dead of night, delivered unto me a marvelous stray cat that we eventually christened Doddsworth. A glorious Maine Coon who was "lost" (read: abandoned), and showed up at his doorstep. So he came over to my house, cat in arms, and said: "Is this your cat?"

Well, it wasn't our cat, and I'm pretty sure my charming neighbor knew that perfectly well.

Still, I had to inquire about this glorious and charming animal that he had with him.

Perhaps needless to say, I took the cat in provisionally, whilst the neighbor "called the animal control authorities, to see if there had been a report of a lost cat."

Man, when my husband got home late that night, was he ever "surprised." (Actually, "surprised" would be to put it mildly. This was right after I had single-handedly taken in Jazzy. And she wasn't exactly working out great at the time.)

Plus we already had the first cat, Tillie (the diminutive of "Attila"), the long-established chatelein of our domestic establishment. Tillie resents Jazzy like there's no tomorrow.

In a nutshell, the LAST thing B wanted was YET ANOTHER CAT!!!

Anyhoot, Doddsie has been with us ever since. And he has bonded big-time with B. In a huge way, both ways. These guys really love each other. B thinks Doddsie is more dog than cat in that regard. That's saying a lot. But I see it, too.

So go figure.

Isn't it amazing what we can learn from animals in various social settings, if we just pay attention?

168 posted on 09/23/2003 7:57:30 PM PDT by betty boop (God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world. -- Paul Dirac)
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To: betty boop; Hank Kerchief
I once had to deal with having a cat in the house, which could hardly be called a house cat. As the scars would indicate, I had to have it put to sleep. Just too thin skinned, I guess. ;-`
169 posted on 09/24/2003 10:47:02 AM PDT by unspun ("Do everything in love." | No I don't look anything like her but I do like to hear "Unspun w/ AnnaZ")
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