Baddy Cat
by John Walker on Mar.14, 2007, under The Rest
There are a few cats in our neighbourhood that stalk down the front path to our house. And peculiarly, each of them is monstrously fat. And this isn’t just in comparison with the 17 week old kitten that’s currenly sprawled like an idiot between my arms, head upside down, paw draped across his face, but in comparison with, say, articulated lorries. There’s one in particular, black and white, that seems to have developed a strange interest in Dex.
On their first encounter Dex ran into my room meowing furiously, demanding I go with him. I found him in the front hall, back arched, ears folded back on his head. Looking through the front door I saw this great lump of catfat staring angrily at the gap. So the two of us ganged up, and Dex, checking I was still there over his shoulder, bravely saw him off (it had nothing to do with my making threatening gestures behind Dex’s back).
This morning the Cat in the Fat came back. And this time Dex was much more brave. And even braver still when he saw Craig and me stood behind him. The encounter lasted quite a while, with lots of nervous steps forward from both parties, and Dexter pressing himself low to the ground, ears pressed back, looking as though he would tear Fatty limb from fur – but then chickening out the moment he got anywhere near. Then, inspired by the enemy cat’s movement away when Craig stepped toward it, Dex took the initiative and ran at it, chasing the lumbering behemoth out of the garden.
Dexter the Hero!
March 14th, 2007 on 15:51
Ahum. Fatty isn’t that fat. He merely be ‘bigger than thy cat’. And you don’t need to follow Dex on his encounters. He’s not a dog — you don’t improve your security by responding to every yowl — he is merely having to adapt to life wherein he’s not the biggest.
Really, you’d be best off sharing with Dex your friendship with Kieron Gillen. Then Dex might have a clue about what it is to be second best in all things,
March 14th, 2007 on 16:26
Oh dear Mark – you’re in one of your moods.
Keep quiet until you can be civilised.
March 14th, 2007 on 16:44
Sorry, I can’t resist:
CAT FIGHT!
March 14th, 2007 on 22:38
It’s slightly reminiscent of Black and White, but instead of mana-giving praise and small statues, you get dead mice.
And he won’t grow horns if you slap him, I guess.
March 15th, 2007 on 01:31
I demand to see Dexter on Cats In Sinks. A lesser cat like Fatty would not fit in a sink, and is therefore rubbish.
March 15th, 2007 on 01:42
I demand to see Dexter in Cats ‘n Racks.
March 15th, 2007 on 14:03
Maybe on the dish rack, by the sink, thus eligible for a double whammy?
March 16th, 2007 on 14:01
I suppose Cats in Sinks saves on Kittylitter
March 17th, 2007 on 07:32
Ah…………the duck-filled-fatty-puss