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Silly cat story
Apr. 19th, 2018 08:10 pmWe have a bird feeder, attached to the outside of our balcony doors. It's only been there a week or two, and the birds still regard it with distrust - the other night I scared a bird away from it by turning around in my chair too quickly, a few feet away.
This evening, while Wife and I were watching TV, Pallais had settled down on my lap and was purring her nearly-inaudible purr. Then she stiffened on my lap.
Wife glanced over. "Oh, look! There's a bird on the feeder."
A female cardinal had decided to take advantage, and was chilling at the bird feeder, eating her seeds. Pallais kept watching her intently, trembling, occasionally making little chirping noises of her own. This went on for five minutes or so, before finally Pallais's nerves couldn't take it and she leapt out of my lap, bounding up to the cat tower next to the bird feeder.
Naturally the bird promptly flew away. Pallais settled down on the cat tower to sulk over how she could totally have caught that bird, Mom, you don't even understand, stop laughing at me about glass doors.
This evening, while Wife and I were watching TV, Pallais had settled down on my lap and was purring her nearly-inaudible purr. Then she stiffened on my lap.
Wife glanced over. "Oh, look! There's a bird on the feeder."
A female cardinal had decided to take advantage, and was chilling at the bird feeder, eating her seeds. Pallais kept watching her intently, trembling, occasionally making little chirping noises of her own. This went on for five minutes or so, before finally Pallais's nerves couldn't take it and she leapt out of my lap, bounding up to the cat tower next to the bird feeder.
Naturally the bird promptly flew away. Pallais settled down on the cat tower to sulk over how she could totally have caught that bird, Mom, you don't even understand, stop laughing at me about glass doors.