"Marina" wrote in message
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I'm convinced that, at some point, Caliban will take another swim in the
ocean. He waltzes out on the jetty and hangs over the edge, just like he
did last summer. He doesn't seem to have learned anything.

The swallows have their nest under the jetty again, and this year, they
are very aggressive. They dive within inches of anyone, cat or human, who
ventures too close to their nest.

When Caliban goes out on the jetty and hangs over the edge, and a swallow
swoops down at him, he either jerks away, or he puts up a paw after it, as
if he's just going to pluck it out of the sky and into his mouth. Every
time he jerks away, I'm convinced he's going to fall in the water. Then I
have to work at swallowing my heart back in place.

I swear, if I didn't have white hair already, it would be turning gray.


Let's start a book on whether Caliban takes a swim again ;-) 10-1 on, I
start at..
In case the betting system is different world-wide from Britain, that's 10
chances he will against one he won't!
10-1 without the "on" means the reverse, worth a chance. 50-1, more than a
bit unlikely, 100-1 don't waste your money unless you think it's your lucky
day.
Who'd like to take a bet on Caliban taking a unintended swim fairly soon?
g
He is so much like Boyfriend, in looks, in greediness, in amiability and
sadly in not being quite the sharpest knife in the drawer. Fairly sharp but
not that honed edge ;-)

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