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December 31, 2004
Caterwauling
There's a pretty white cat that's been hanging out around our house for the last couple of days, as it does from time to time. I suspect its owner(s) leave it outside when they go out of town, because every time it shows up, it is constantly squalling like it has lost its best friend.
Which is really annoying at 5 a.m. So this morning I stepped outside to see if I could lure it close enough to pet.....or something to make it shut up. It wouldn't let me get very close, and it finally ran around the corner of the house. I sat down on the front porch step and tried ignoring it. It peeped around the corner for ages, and finally crept out & settled down in one of the flower beds, still crying.
I'd noticed that even though it looked fairly healthy, it was looking a little gaunt so I came inside & got a bowl of cat food for it. I sat the bowl down a ways from me on the step, and kept ignoring the crying kitty. It ran a wide circle around me, and crept up from behind me towards the food.....sat there for a few minutes and ran back to the flower bed.
Ok, so I went back inside so it could come up & eat undisturbed. It stopped wailing, so I peeped out the window expecting to see it eating. No cat in sight. Food not touched. It hasn't been back.
I guess it just wanted something to ignore.
Typical cat.
Posted by Rita at December 31, 2004 09:04 AM