It is often said that ___1___
you want a pet to look up to you, get a dog. If you
want a pet that looks straight ___2___
you, get a horse. For an animal that looks down ___3___
you, the cat must surely ___4___
this description.
Cats are their ___5___
bosses. They have ___6___
or no regard for anyone or anything. If you have ___7___
looked closely at the cat, you will observe that it
looks at you ___8___
the corner of its eyes, almost condescendingly. If
you call to it, it appears to consider if ___9___
to your call is worth its ___10___.
When it finally decides to humor you, it will
swagger ___11___
you, sit itself an inch away from you and start
washing ___12___.
It seems to say, "Well, ___13___
on with it, I don't have all day !"
Cats are creatures of ___14___.
At precisely the ___15___
time every day, my cat would perform the task he had
been doing the day before. ___16___
to mew like a whistling kettle ___17___
berserk, for its food; when to scratch the front
door to be ___18___
out; when to leap ___19___
my unsuspecting head in the morning ... these are
all done ___20___
clockwork regularity.
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It is often said that if
you want a pet to look up to you, get a dog. If you
want a pet that looks straight
at
you, get a horse. For an animal that looks down
on
you, the cat must surely
fit
this description.
Cats are their own
bosses. They have little
or no regard for anyone or anything. If you have
ever
looked closely at the cat, you will observe that it
looks at you from
the corner of its eyes, almost condescendingly. If
you call to it, it appears to consider if
responding to your call is worth its
while.
When it finally decides to humor you, it will
swagger towards
you, sit itself an inch away from you and start
washing itself.
It seems to say, "Well, get
on with it, I don't have all day !"
Cats are creatures of
habit.
At precisely the same
time every day, my cat would perform the task he had
been doing the day before.
When to mew like a whistling kettle
gone berserk,
for its food; when to scratch the front door to be
let out; when to
leap onto my
unsuspecting head in the morning ... these are all
done with clockwork regularity.
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