“…For all Floyd’s bravado, playing baseball and suavely sauntering through the playgroups, he wasn’t without his neuroses. One time, I opened our front door and the cat came exploding into the house, crouching in terror under a chair. Randy and I hurried to look out the window, expecting to see a coyote pack or rabid wolverine. Instead, the new neighborhood kitty, a small marmalade tabby, sashayed across our lawn, looking harmless as a butterfly. Floyd jumped to the windowsill, hackles raised, growling and panting.
“You’ve got to be kidding,” Randy said. “You’re bigger than he is Floyd, or is it a she?”
“Whatever the case, he’s afraid of this new kitty,” I said, patting Floyd’s head. It seemed ironic. The tuxedo cat who never ran from humans, raced in terror from a feline half his size. He wouldn’t take his eyes off this new neighbor who blithely rolled in the clover on our front yard, unaware of the probing stare he (or she) was getting.
After a few minutes, kitty wandered off. From then on, this animal was known as Orange Cat…”
Excerpt from my book:
“Tail Wags and Whiskers: Pet Tales of Love, Joy and Chaos from Forty Years of Cats and Dogs.”
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Mona Andrei
I have your book! And it’s next up on my to-read list.
Laurie Stone
Mona, Thank you so much!
Elizabeth Anne Havey
Animals make us laugh, because they mirror our foibles and mistakes. They also love to hold on to territory.
Right know there is a huge bird at the feeder. I think it’s a grackel. All the other birds are giving him lots of space.
Laurie Stone
Beth, Interesting about that bird. I wonder what it is.