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Guarding the Hedge
A couple of years after we moved here (a bit over ten years ago)
our Ishmael started disappearing. He'd come back for food, but other than that we wouldn't see him for days or even weeks at a time. It took some time before we found out what he was doing. We're on an intersection, and diagonally across from us there is a hedge separating the gable end of the terrace from the lane. Ishmael was spending most of his time in there. The reason seemed to be the arrival of a nighbour across the stret who had four cats, including Pip, a magnificent young golden Somali male with a huge fluffy tail. He had in common with Ishmael that he was absolutely convinced that he was the handsomest cat in the known universe. The two of them would sit a few yards apart in that hedge, discussing this matter all night long. "MeeeeEEEEE!" ... "MEEEeee!"... "MeeeEEEEEeeee!!" It never came to scratches, but the yowling must have been horrendous for the neighbour (though he never mentioned it). Pip and his human moved away, Ishmael died. The hedge stayed unoccupied for a few years. A new neighbour moved in over there. Then our little curly-tailed ginger Ollie started disappearing for days at a time and only appearing for meals... I saw the competition a few days ago; a huge old tuxedo cat who dominates most of the neighbourhood. But NO WAY is he getting Ollie's hedge. ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts ****** I killfile Google posts - email me if you want to be whitelisted ****** |
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