Your Happening World (November 4th through November 7th)

Charley

Now that’s a cat that reminds me of myself, as I don’t have the world’s best motoric skills either, if nothing on the level of Charley.

Basket case


little black and white cat in basket

Since it’s Monday, have a kitten in a basket. That’sa Sophie, the youngest of our three. She’s also called “princess paddy-paws”, “little madam” or “that bitch cat” by Sandra, depending on how annoying she’s behaving this time. Though I’m loath to ascribe human behaviour or motivations to an animal, I have to admit she’s a very girly cat, the kind of cat that would wear sparkly makeup if she could. She’s also the only cat I’ve ever seen who likes to play damsel in distress, deliberately hiding
herself behind the television table in the corner of the living room and then making out like she can’t get out again…

Our other two cats are both male and somewhat less bright. Heckie is amiable but dim in that sort of rugby playing, Giles Wemmbley-Hogg way. Very sweet though, with not a hint of a mean streak in him.

Monty, our eldest on the other hand was a stray cat my parents took in when he came begging for food in their garden and which we took over a few years ago, He’s not so much smart as streetwise; that is, he knows which street he lives on.