Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Have you seen my Tortie?
Mama Cat -- I mean Dee Dee -- recently bought a book by Eric Carle called, Have You Seen My Cat? She bought it because she saw a special exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum that showed his original artwork from picture books he's written over the years. I guess he wrote a book once about a very hungry caterpillar, but I'm much more excited about the book on cats!It's a very scary story about a boy who loses his cat. I can't believe they let children read such a thing! He searches for his cat all over the world and encounters a lion, a bobcat, a panther, a tiger, and even a Persian cat (I don't know how they breathe through those noses), but none of them is his cat. My tail gets spiky just thinking about getting lost.
I don't really get the end. The last page shows a picture of a big, blue striped cat lying down with a bunch of kittens climbing all over it! Didn't the boy know that his cat was going to have kittens? (having had kittens myself at a rather, ahem, young age, let me tell you it's no picnic!)
Personally, I think the book should have ended with the boy finding his beautiful tortoiseshell cat curled up in the closet on top of his sweaters. Torties should always be the heroine of stories because we are so fabulous. We are cats worth searching the world for!
Personally, I think the book should have ended with the boy finding his beautiful tortoiseshell cat curled up in the closet on top of his sweaters. Torties should always be the heroine of stories because we are so fabulous. We are cats worth searching the world for!
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
I Am NOT a Night Terror
OK, so last night I was a little restless between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. and wandered around the bedroom a bit. I wasn't rampaging around -- no, I was just pushing a few things around on Dee Dee's vanity, exploring the corners of the headboard, batting the blinds a bit, giving a little meow a couple of times -- nothing very loud. I'm nocturnal, for heaven's sake!I did sleep curled up against Frank and Dee Dee from 10:30 until 2:30. That's five hours! But then I woke up and felt friskier than normal and had to expend some energy. I settled back down with Dee Dee at about 3:30, but boy, they were both so mad! It's not like I was attacking their feet or anything (hmm, that does sound like fun, though!); I was just quietly exporing the room. And meowing a bit.
Humans can be so odd! And don't get me started on the dog. He just lies there all night long!
Monday, January 01, 2007
Haiku for Kitty Kayla
Mama Cat Dee Dee wrote this haiku for me as a new year present. I, of course, am the star of the haiku. Please feel free to read it as I chew on my back foot for a while. Happy New Year!
Kitty Kayla-la
Cutest tortie in the world
You are my gato
Sleeping on my arm
Sudddenly, she is alert
Must bat at blinds
Pupils huge, arms wide
I am the Decider, she says
Zooms across the room
Curled in my cat tree
I purr; Frank scratches my chin
So relaxed . . . MUST BITE!
Cutest tortie in the world
You are my gato
Sleeping on my arm
Sudddenly, she is alert
Must bat at blinds
Pupils huge, arms wide
I am the Decider, she says
Zooms across the room
Curled in my cat tree
I purr; Frank scratches my chin
So relaxed . . . MUST BITE!
