Our cat’s name is Onion and she is a two-year-old tabby and, apparently, Onion’s favorite time of year is Christmas time. Onion was so in love with our Christmas tree that she would climb on the sofa and dive face first into the tree, then tumble onto the floor and run around like crazy. When Christmas was over and we took the tree to the park for recycling, she walked around like she had just lost her best friend!
My cat Bear is not really that normal compared to the other cats I’ve known. When one of his hairs is out of place, he immediately turns around to lick it down…for about 15 minutes! When he’s in the basement or the garage, he scratches the door or jiggles the door knob to let us know he wants in. He does the same when he wants out. Yes, Bear is a very clever cat, every once in awhile he even gets the door open. When he was about 8 months old, Bear ran away from home and was gone for 2 months. The people that found him live just up the road from us. It’s crazy how things happen. Well, one thing’s for sure. Bear may want out, but he’ll never stray far from his home!
It is reported that the following edition of the Book of Genesis was discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls. If authentic, it would shed light on the question, “Where do pets come from?”
When the world was created, the gods decided to appoint one creature to see that it ran smoothly and to oversee all other creatures. The creature they selected was the cat. Thoughtful and contemplative, cats were given the power of speech in order to talk with the creator gods and give instructions to the other creatures who shared the world. For a long time all seemed to go well.Cats, however, were sybaritic creatures, characterized by their devotion to excessive self-indulgence and luxury.Rather than attend to the mundane, day-to-day running of a world, they wanted to doze in sunbeams on beds of fragrant catnip and matatabi vine. The creator gods saw this and asked the cats whether they were doing anything to ensure the smooth running of this newly made world.