This might be a stupid story, but I am telling it by special request, so don't criticize, OK?
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"Never try to out stubborn a cat" Lazarus Long in R. A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love
I did not follow the above advice. I out stubborned a cat. I'll follow my friend Harry's advice and leave out all the extra stuff.
Kitty was sitting where I wanted to sit. I stared at her until she jumped down.
That's the story without any unnecessary words, just getting down to business.
That's what happened. Not very interesting, I think, but if you are satisfied, go do something else while I tell the story.
When I was a kid, we used to have a cat named "Kitty." I did not name that cat, obviously. I love cats, but Kitty and I had issues, and neither of us liked the other. In fact, to my eternal shame, I had been quite rough with her and was forbidden to touch her.
I went to the family room where she had taken up permanent residence in my favorite chair. She looked up at me with that superior smirk seen only on cats' faces. She knew I was not supposed to touch her, I'm sure she did. Stupid cat!
I am not one to give up so I just stood and stared at her. She stated back for a while. Then she laid down and tucked her head between her front legs.
I stared.
She quit pretending to sleep and sat up.
We both stared.
She decided it was time to take a bath, a common displacement activity of cats.
I stared.
She continued bathing.
By this time, a couple of other family members had come in and were watching our duel.
She finished her bath and lay down, making one of those low-pitched mrow sound that cats make.
I stared.
"Give it up!" I was ordered.
I stared.
Kitty abruptly stood up, hissed at me menacingly and
...And jumped down.
And stalked off as cats do.
That is how I out stubborned a cat. I was about 10 or 11, I think. I have no idea how old Kitty was.
Illustrations: All adapted from Public Domain.
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"Never try to out stubborn a cat" Lazarus Long in R. A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love
I did not follow the above advice. I out stubborned a cat. I'll follow my friend Harry's advice and leave out all the extra stuff.
Kitty was sitting where I wanted to sit. I stared at her until she jumped down.
That's the story without any unnecessary words, just getting down to business.
That's what happened. Not very interesting, I think, but if you are satisfied, go do something else while I tell the story.
When I was a kid, we used to have a cat named "Kitty." I did not name that cat, obviously. I love cats, but Kitty and I had issues, and neither of us liked the other. In fact, to my eternal shame, I had been quite rough with her and was forbidden to touch her.
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| Kitty, sort of |
I went to the family room where she had taken up permanent residence in my favorite chair. She looked up at me with that superior smirk seen only on cats' faces. She knew I was not supposed to touch her, I'm sure she did. Stupid cat!
I am not one to give up so I just stood and stared at her. She stated back for a while. Then she laid down and tucked her head between her front legs.
I stared.
She quit pretending to sleep and sat up.
We both stared.
She decided it was time to take a bath, a common displacement activity of cats.
I stared.
She continued bathing.By this time, a couple of other family members had come in and were watching our duel.
She finished her bath and lay down, making one of those low-pitched mrow sound that cats make.
I stared.
"Give it up!" I was ordered.
I stared.
Kitty abruptly stood up, hissed at me menacingly and
...And jumped down.
And stalked off as cats do.
That is how I out stubborned a cat. I was about 10 or 11, I think. I have no idea how old Kitty was.
Illustrations: All adapted from Public Domain.
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