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Alicat
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« on: July 11, 2009, 03:43:24 pm » |
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My parents used to have a lovely black and white fluffy cat called Floss. Floss was a super intelligent cat and had Dad absolutely sussed, sorted and dealt to. He liked to sit on Dad's chair but Dad would turf him off. Floss would wait until Dad looked comfortably settled on 'his' chair for the night, then go to the back door 'to be let out.' Dad would get out of his chair and go to open the back door. Floss would double back and claim 'their' chair. This happened regularly and Dad got sucked in regularly!
This of course was pre cat door days.
Another of Floss's tricks was attention seeking methods during the night when he wanted out. He would start with the wall paper in the hall. It was already a little tattered in the corner but he would rip bits off in the middle of the night. Most of the time it would work but occasionally Dad would ignore it. They had venetian blinds in thier bedroom. Dad had built a ramp up to the window for the cats. When the wall paper tearing didn't work, Floss would sit on the chest of drawers by the window and run his paw up and down the venetians making a hell of a racket until Dad would get up and let him out. After a short amount of time (just enough time to getback to sleep of course) there would be a knock on the window. Dad would get up and let Floss back in.
Floss was an excellent hunter. He was known to even catch 2 birds at once - great sight seeing him walking inside carrying 2 birds in his mouth! He was also an excellent mouser. Floss demanded respect and admiration for all of his catches no matter what time of day or night. One night, Floss had brough in 3 birds. Dad had to turn the light on and say, "Good boy Floss - aren't you clever." Floss would then 'dispose' of the birds. This particular night, Floss brought in a fourth bird. Dad ignored him. He though 'enough is enough.' In the morning when Dad woke up and stretched, pushing his hand under the pillow - he got a handful of bird innerds. Dad always acknowledged Floss after that - no matter how many catches in the middle of the night.
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