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Oct 2 2008

Feline visitor

Category: At Home

As I do most summer mornings, I open the back sliding glass door to let in the only cool air of the day while I sit at the dining room table, working on my laptop.

This morning, we have a neighborhood cat visiting us. I've warned the kids NOT to let the cat inside. I have no idea whose cat it is, and it's not wearing a collar. Last thing I need to do this morning is coax a feral cat out from underneath the sofa.

Nathan and Lucie are sitting on the floor in their PJs on one side of the screen door with the cat on the other, sitting on our deck. Nathan and Lucie are making meowing noises and talking to him. The cat's lying there looking bored at all the racket. He soon gets up and leaves, much to Nathan and Lucie's dismay. They start to call him back, but with no luck.

Nathan and Lucie love and relate to animals so well, that I wonder if we should get a dog or cat. Realizing that's why we have a yearly membership to the zoo, I quickly put that thought aside.