Alice knew that a field mouse was brown and a house mouse was grey because she saw field mice at Three Choirs Vineyard and a grey mouse in the house at home.
"Didn't your cat catch the mice?" I asked.
"Only once a year," said Alice. "On my birthday. Each year for three years, Claudipus caught a mouse and brought it to me - on my birthday!"
"How did the cat know it was your birthday?" I asked. "Did it see the cards and people giving you gifts?"
"I don't know," replied Alice. "It was uncanny."
"Why was the cat called Claudipus?"
"After the TV series, I Claudius, starring Derek Jacobi."
Claudipus is no more. But Claire, the daughter of Alice and Loudon, who lives in California, has a sophisticated cat called Zak and a feral ginger cat, just a moggie. When Alice speaks to Claire on Skype, the two cats are sometimes having a friendly spat, but sometimes they sit next to eat other.
Alice likes cats - and dogs. A dog once saved the family.
(See next post)
"Didn't your cat catch the mice?" I asked.
"Only once a year," said Alice. "On my birthday. Each year for three years, Claudipus caught a mouse and brought it to me - on my birthday!"
"How did the cat know it was your birthday?" I asked. "Did it see the cards and people giving you gifts?"
"I don't know," replied Alice. "It was uncanny."
"Why was the cat called Claudipus?"
"After the TV series, I Claudius, starring Derek Jacobi."
Claudipus is no more. But Claire, the daughter of Alice and Loudon, who lives in California, has a sophisticated cat called Zak and a feral ginger cat, just a moggie. When Alice speaks to Claire on Skype, the two cats are sometimes having a friendly spat, but sometimes they sit next to eat other.
Alice likes cats - and dogs. A dog once saved the family.
(See next post)
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