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Ollie's unfortunate experience
This afternoon, it occurred to me that I hadn't seen Ollie for a while.
He aften goes off by himself for a few hours so I didn't think much of it. Marion's son Paul was staying with us for a few days, so with people going in and out fo the house at all times, I assumed somebody had seen him. But when I mentioned this to Paul he hadn't either. Oops. Fortunately the time Paul mentioned not seeing him at reminded me of what I'd been doing then: putting something in the garage. So I went out there, opened the door, and Ollie came straight out, having been shut in for a day and a half. I thought, good grief he must be hungry (as a 1-year-old growing fast he must be eating a lot), but he only ate a mouthful and then found something much more interesting... ....following me into the toilet to watch me pee and flush it. He doesn't appear exactly traumatized by the ordeal. I actually hoped he *would* be a bit freaked, as it might put him off sneaking through doors that are about to be shut. The same happened to my Mingus just after we moved here. He was so shocked by the experience of being kept in the dark with no dinner for more than a day that not only would he never go near the garage door again, he would meow desperately at me if *I* went near it, to warn me of the deadly danger. But Ollie just doesn't give a bugger. ==== 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 |
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:40:00 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
This afternoon, it occurred to me that I hadn't seen Ollie for a while. He aften goes off by himself for a few hours so I didn't think much of it. Marion's son Paul was staying with us for a few days, so with people going in and out fo the house at all times, I assumed somebody had seen him. But when I mentioned this to Paul he hadn't either. Oops. Fortunately the time Paul mentioned not seeing him at reminded me of what I'd been doing then: putting something in the garage. So I went out there, opened the door, and Ollie came straight out, having been shut in for a day and a half. I thought, good grief he must be hungry (as a 1-year-old growing fast he must be eating a lot), but he only ate a mouthful and then found something much more interesting... ...following me into the toilet to watch me pee and flush it. He doesn't appear exactly traumatized by the ordeal. I actually hoped he *would* be a bit freaked, as it might put him off sneaking through doors that are about to be shut. The same happened to my Mingus just after we moved here. He was so shocked by the experience of being kept in the dark with no dinner for more than a day that not only would he never go near the garage door again, he would meow desperately at me if *I* went near it, to warn me of the deadly danger. But Ollie just doesn't give a bugger. Cinders played a mind-game on me a few nights ago, making me think that she had been shut in the bathroom closet. She normally spends most of the night on the bed near me. However, that night I woke up around 2 AM and heard very muffled-sounding meows. It occurred to me that I hadn't seen her since about an hour before bedtime, around the time I got something out of the bathroom closet. So, I got out of bed and was about to head to the bathroom, to let her out, when I looked over in the corner of my bedroom and saw her curled up on the floor, meowing at about 1/3 her usual volume. I said, "All right, cat, you fooled me." She then proceeded to meow a couple of times at normal volume, and then got up onto my bed. -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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Ollie's unfortunate experience
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
Fortunately the time Paul mentioned not seeing him at reminded me of what I'd been doing then: putting something in the garage. So I went out there, opened the door, and Ollie came straight out, having been shut in for a day and a half. I thought, good grief he must be hungry (as a 1-year-old growing fast he must be eating a lot), but he only ate a mouthful and then found something much more interesting... ...following me into the toilet to watch me pee and flush it. He doesn't appear exactly traumatized by the ordeal. I actually hoped he *would* be a bit freaked, as it might put him off sneaking through doors that are about to be shut. Hmm. Sounds like he might like to learn the painful lesson more than once. Too bad it's also painful for you! -- Joyce To email me, remove the triple-X from my user name. ^..^ |
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