Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Wayne & Cleo


No doubt I love cats... specially 3 cats.
Wayne the master himself (pictured on the right), 15 years old and still playing like a kitten when he feels like it. He belongs to my mom, or rather my mom belongs to Wayne.
10 years ago - or perhaps even more than that - Wayne got one of those soft furry things that you hang on a radiator. he never used it. He's too big and it probably had the wrong colour (soft yellow, he's more of a blue guy). However, Wayne loves his things so he's not the kinda cat that will refuse anything, so he put his toys in it. Anyway, my darling cats Kid & Cleo always look for new things and Cleo being the kind of cat that loves frying near the open fire or beneath the radiator one of those hanging things sounded like a good idea. I asked Wayne if he would consider letting Cleo have it.
The thing is, they have only met once and that was a disaster. Cleo came out as the winner. Wayne was hiding under the bed for an eternity, until it was time to go home.
Fotunately for Cleo, my mom loves her so she bought a new gorgeous basket for Wayne's endless collection of toys and the hanging thing was removed.

On Saturday I came home with the thing and showed it to a very suspicious Cleo, I hung it on the radiator near a sofa she usually sleeps in and i showed her how to use it. She looked at me like I was crazy and went back downstairs. Later, when I watched 'Sex & The City' on dvd she came up to me and laid down. Looking at me, probably deciding that I never done anything to hurt her and that my ideas usually are quite alright. Like moving away from an apartment to a house. With a garden. With endless amount of dried up plants and fresh grass. And moving in with someone who eat meats, fish and chicken and not only soy stuff. I am only guessing, I have no idea what she was thinking, but she got up from my lap and over to the hanging flyffy thing, gave it a good sniff and then jumped up and sat there. All still, as if she expected it to come flying down. Nothing happend. 15 minutes later I looked over at her again and she was sleeping. Loving it. She spent most of Sunday in it and as far as I know she spends most of the days in it.
I told her Wayne gave it to her, but I don't think she believes me.

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