The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Cat

The other night a neighbor cat dared to come on to the porch which, of course, is the exclusive territory of Kato the mystical (and very territorial) cat. The sliding glass door was closed, but the neighbor cat came right up to the glass to peer inside. Kato jumped down off the sofa and ran over to the glass door, crouching into “hunter mode” as he began cursing the cat – a very deep, very low, very unearthly growl. The neighbor cat jerked his head back with a shocked expression on his face and ran off into the night. I don’t know what Kato said to the other cat (unspeakably filthy cursing? an ancient Egyptian incantation?), but apparently it worked . . .