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When Your Cat Brings Home A Friend

Now, I have two cats and I love them to bits. Sometimes, however, they can be a tad taxing! Firstly, it should be realized that our domesticated felines, have only been such for a relatively short period of time. So, it is not all surprising when you are lounging on your favorite sofa, watching television, that you suddenly find your cat perched upon your stomach, and come eye-to-bulging-eye with some god-forsaken creature, that is not your cat!

After jumping thirty-feet into the air, you come to the realization that your cat, in my case either "Lucky" or "Charlie", has brought home a friend, a present for Mom and Dad! It matters not that the "friend' is not happy, nor content, and is either rather disheveled or has lost a integral part of its anatomy, and quite frankly does not want to play! Of course, your cat will eye you quizzically, as if to intimate: Are you not happy? Should I have brought something bigger, or a little better fed, perhaps?

Now, my wife and I have been offered a vast array of "presents", a lovely little selection! They range from your average grasshopper, Gecko (a small house lizard), and arachnid, to the odd rat, bird or bat. Not one to be ungrateful, I am truly appreciative of the "trouble" my cats have gone through to bring home their offerings, but it is all rather disconcerting when you have to visit the local hospital for a quick inoculation to forestall an outbreak of rabies, after wrestling with your feline in a bid to free a much-stressed rat from the jaws of your perplexed cat!

Now, I love animals, and hate to see them suffer in any way, so just the sight of a poor creature gripped ratchet-like in my cat's mouth, or toyed with mercilessly, leaves me livid with anger. But, I have come to realize that an animal, be it domesticated or not, cannot be expected to abide rigidly by our rules and regulations: they are not humans, they were up until fairly recently, wild creatures . It was little old us, who interfered as usual and "domesticated" them, so we cannot complain! But, having said that, I am worried about future gifts! I will not be at all surprised if "Lucky" and "Charlie" up-the-ante, and start bringing in eagles, vultures, impala, wildebeest, elephant, crocodiles, hippopotamuses, leopard, Lion, and a whole host of other quaint "little" creatures, just for Mommy and Daddy!

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