That Useless Cat Again

Posted on Saturday 11 August 2007 at 11:09

I sat down to upload my Humble O post for Monday, and heard a rustle. It was in the homeschool room. There is no mistaking that sound--it's the sound of an invading army, which, unchecked, will take over the entire house.

I went to the door and called, "Kittykittykitty!" I expected either that slaphappy grey furball, Tommy, or nothing at all.

I got Cloudia.

This is a surprise because she's turned half-wild over the summer. One or two of the kids can get close to her, but not I. However, she purred at me and I was able to scoop her up and bring her inside.

She wandered around mewling pointlessly for several minutes, and then things got quiet. It occurred to me that I might want to put her back outside before she found her way to my bedroom and jumped on Dave. If you want to see a tornado indoors, just let a cat jump on The Man. Especially without prior warning.

Cloudia was not headed for my bedroom. A rush of rustling paper and a patter of disturbed books caught my attention, and I turned. A tiny grey form ripped across the open doorway, closely followed by a lithe, stripedy hunter.

She did in fact catch the mouse, but apparently it didn't provide enough of a challenge. So, that useless cat decided to give it a fighting chance. In order to do this, she dragged it beneath my feet and let it go.

The mouse ran. I yanked my feet into my chair. The cat chased. She caught the mouse, took it to the homeschool room, and then brought it back out, still unsatisfied. She placed it under my feet again, and again she let it go. This time, the mouse got the dodge on her and ducked around the garbage can. She stayed waiting for it to reappear, while my vision caught a grey blur streaking under the woodstove at the other side of the room.

That dang cat. Like last time, I should've finished the job myself.

How we have grown.

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Posted by Kimberly on Thursday 23 August 2007 at 03:51 - Link

LOL! Gotta love cats!