Christmas Lizard
This morning Kato the mystical cat awakened me around 5:00 AM, complaining that his bowls were empty, a state of affairs that caused him to walk around on top of me repeatedly as I tried to continue sleeping, then to head-butt me from the side several times, trying to roll me out of bed. When at last I got up and filled his bowls, Kato proceeded to scratch at the blinds on the sliding glass doors, asking to go outside. I let him out, leaving the door open so he could come back in when he pleased. He did so, bearing a Christmas gift for me, a live lizard, which of course scurried underneath the sofa when it dropped from Kato’s jaws. A wonderful way to begin the day (before coffee) – being bossed around by an eleven-pound cat, then trying to catch a lizard and put it back outdoors where it belongs, while the cat looks on disapprovingly, indignant at the waste of a perfectly good lizard.
posted by Darrell Grizzle | 5:17 PM
4 Comments:
Remind me not to introduce Kato to my Mystical Mouse Achilles! I think the results could be tragic! (But I suppose you can think of it as an especially nice Christmas present because the lizard was still alive -- the not-dead status is the "present" part, and must have surely required self-restraint!
Coffee or not, I can think of no better way to greet the day. Well done Kato.
I love hearing about Kato's exploits : ) I am awakened pretty much every morning in that manner...well, minus the lizard thankfully. Although, once she deposited a dead cold lizard on top of my bare foot while I was making breakfast, then sat and stared at me as I screamed and did the grossed-out dance, as if to say "silly human..."
I began letting Buddy go outside for occaisionally, starting about two weeks ago. (I invite Talbot to go outside too, but he often declines and usually comes back much sooner than his brother.)
Anyway, this morning I received my first "gift" from Buddy... blogged about it at my site.
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