RE: How about daily animal stories?
I have 2 cats ski and jasper, jasper is a bit dozy and not really all that bright but he is wonderful. ski on the other hand is a sharp as a needle. i can play peepo with him and he loves it! he always comes to find me, he also loves playing with ear plugs (i know its a bit horrible) i flick them and he returns them (sometimes!) he also knows which hand its in even if i switch them around! he is very very cheeky and steels your dinner if you dont watch him. he even stole a friends bounty bar out of her hand once! [sm=nono.gif] in fact he behaves more like a dog than a cat.
RE: How about daily animal stories?
Years ago when I lived in London...I lived in a converted house...in the downstairs flat and became friendly with the girl that lived in the upstairs flat...she had a cat 'Pepper' which would often come downstairs through the hallway and ask me to let her out into the back garden...which I of course did:)
Well one morning she fled down the stairs as if something was chasing her and indeed there was...she had managed to get hold of the sausages that had been left out to defrost and had pulled them off the dish and in her haste run down the stairs with the sausages flying behind her...it was so funny to watch...but it had frighted the cat[sm=cat.gif]
luv & peace
stormdeva x
RE: How about daily animal stories?
The crows were gathering this morning in the field. I went out and placed a handful of catcookies on the path to my house and there they came to feast. After having picked the cookies with utmost care they walked a bit around and before all flew up into the air i got this warm feeling in my heart. Was it me or was it a thank you communicated by the birds? I think the latter because it came suddenly and short.
RE: How about daily animal stories?
It sounds like a thank you to me Marijke, what a lovely story.
We have a cat, Ferdie, who isn't particularly big. However, he has this way of sitting with you on the sofa and gradually moving more and more into your space. If you make the terrible mistake of getting up to make a cup of tea or whatever, when you get back the whole of the 3 person sofa is occupied by Ferdie. I think he has super flexible muscles and joints which mean he can grow to twice his normal length. He is a very clever cat.
RE: How about daily animal stories?
I have a story which is quite sad, but because of the immense feeling of ........ I can't explain it ....... I thought i'd share it with you all.
One evening, late, I was driving home with a friend from a keep fit training session and travelling along a quiet country road.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw a badger run out into the path of the car and despite my emergency stop, I hit him. I was absolutely heart broken, and with the tears streaming I got out of the car and went back to see if he was still alive.
He wasn't. He was completely still and I plucked up courage to touch him to feel for a heartbeat or for breath from his nose. Nothing.
Well, there's no way I could leave him in the road - that was undignified for him and such a magnificent creature deserved better. I picked him up (do any of you know how heavy a full grown badger is??) and carried him to the grass verge. It had recently been mown for people to walk easily and I crossed the mown section to where there were long grasses on the edge of the field and placed him there.
Looking down on him I had a strong desire to apologise to him and I bent down to stroke him and give my apologies and best wishes for a safer journey. I stroked his side, then his chest between his front legs - I was really sobbing by now.
Suddenly - he jumped up, looked me straight in the eye for what seemed like an eternity but was probably only a few seconds, turned on his heel and walked away - into the field.
My heart soared and my chest felt like it was about to explode. My friend was absolutely dumbstruck (but not so much so that she couldn't tell me off for risking a nasty bite - like I cared about that in my remorse filled state of mind)
That was 6 years ago and to this day I still feel all the emotion when I think about it. What was he trying to say to me? I'd like to think it was thankyou for helping him come back to life. I'll never know but it has left a lasting impression in my heart.