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Old January 11th 04, 06:32 AM
Marina
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Default Speaking of strings...

I had bought a new shirt. The only problem with it was that it had some
stupid strings at the cuffs. I took them out and was going to bin them, but
then realised they had great cat toy potential. Nikki does quite like the
String Monster, but Frank goes positively wild when he sees it dangling in
front of his nose or wiggling past him on the bed! It's so nice to see the
old boy get so excited about something, and playing like a kitten. He leaps
and pounces and runs after it and jumps and... generally goes bananas over
it.

Just now I threw down the string on the floor for him. He pounced and then
pulled on one end of it. Lo and behold; the other end moved! Now I could see
the little wheels in his furry little head churning, churning, "if I let go
of this end to pounce on the other end, will it get away?" He pulled on the
one end again, and the other end moved again. He couldn't resist it, but
pounced on the other end with one paw while trying to hold the first end
down with another paw.

I am proud to report that he managed to subdue both ends of the string, and
is now taking a well-earned nap after his successful hunt.

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Old January 11th 04, 09:35 AM
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I can see those cat thoughts even from here in Alabama !!!!!!! LOL
Yup, love to watch those 'hunts'.

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Old January 11th 04, 04:54 PM
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Yeah, we have string hunters galore too. I'm sad to report one of the
beautiful bookmarks we got with our x-mas cards was chewed on by Rufous.
The bookmark itself is safe, but the string had to be put down. ;-)

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Old January 11th 04, 07:57 PM
polonca12000
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What a great shirt to have kitty toys hidden at the cuffs! What a great buy.
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I had bought a new shirt. The only problem with it was that it had some
stupid strings at the cuffs. I took them out and was going to bin them,

but
then realised they had great cat toy potential. snip
I am proud to report that he managed to subdue both ends of the string,

and
is now taking a well-earned nap after his successful hunt.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
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Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki



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Old January 11th 04, 08:22 PM
dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers
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It's so nice to see the
old boy get so excited about something, and playing like a kitten.


Oi! That's Frank you are talking about! Less of the "old boy"! Frank is in his
purrime!



Just now I threw down the string on the floor for him. He pounced and then
pulled on one end of it. Lo and behold; the other end moved! Now I could see
the little wheels in his furry little head churning, churning, "if I let go
of this end to pounce on the other end, will it get away?" He pulled on the
one end again, and the other end moved again. He couldn't resist it, but
pounced on the other end with one paw while trying to hold the first end
down with another paw.


You see, this is where hoomins are *soooooo* dim. What Franks was doing was
advanced physics. oh yes. String theory and pulling it all together into a
Grand Unified Theory of Everything.


Waffles
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and claws extended...)
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