Thursday, Mar. 31, 2016 - 4:51 p.m.
TWIN RED BOY KITTENS IN MARCH ************************************ Here is a true little story of the two red cat brothers Frack is the dominate one Moopla just sort of takes direction from Frack its always been that way They are always together. always since the nice weather Frack has sort of slipped away on his own and only dashes inside to eat when we go cat walking at midnight I can always find Moola in the house ' but I have to whistle Frack in from wherever he is He will walk with us and then not come in or come in and leave at dawn This absence is making Moola very sad
On the weekend Frack disappeared for three days I was a little sad he had moved away and Moola was frantic crying and ripping up paper super clingy to me always wanted to be on me even when it was rather inconvenient There was no consoling him We would go walking around the streets whistling for Frack who never showed up Moola was going crazy m,issuing his reason to live so while he was whining and kneading me under the covers one night I tried my best to explain that Frack is having an adventure maybe he will come home maybe he won't We will just have to respect his choices and live on ourselves I absentmindedly slipped a little necklace of plastic beads around his neck and stroked him to sleep I forgot all about the necklace but noticed he had it on the next day and I had figured fior sure it would fall away as it was loose and came on and off easily Sad Moola moped around the house and into the yard with no other purpose in life than to take the necklace around Then at night what I thought was Moola crawled into bed with me in the dark I stroked him and said comforting words but there was no necklace I guess he had finally dropped it but switched on the l;light to make sure It was Frack come home I searched for Moola who was sleeping in a closet when he saw his brother he was delighted I knew he was joyful by his little;e dance It was if nothing had happened Moola still wore the magic beads but was acting differently Moola was bold and stood up[right he was assuring himself next day Moola pushed hfs way to the breakfast mat and ate first I had never seen this He began to want out first and then in first before all this Moola had just gone along with everything the dominating Frack did I think Frack needed a break from clingy brother to meet other cats ' since Frack likes other animals and Moola does not Frack is friendly to new people and Moola hides But since Moola snapped out of it by wearing the magic necklace everybody is even happier than before They not only love each other but there is an undercurrent of respect that had not shown itself at all Moola was the fall guy and ended up last in everything I felt obliged to treat him a little special when he had been punched out and denied food and was last in absolutely everything They are better for the experience and its easier to tell them apart when one wears beads I have to be honest I frequently mix them up.. I have to really look close to who is who since their colouring patterns and size are eerily identical. In the beginning I had to mark one with a black marker to make sure they booth got fed Last night was the first warm air from the south all year, It was above zero so we went to my favourite stretch on the beach and I lit candles and tucked them in the rocks, for dramatic effect Now I know the cats are very sensitive to lighting the daylight, the houselights, my art desk light, my bed reading light the walking flashlight all require certain specified behaviour that we all understand I took great pains to make all this clear so we could all, mostly me, not deal with havoc all the time ' When I lit candles at the waters edge the cats were delighted and ran up and down the sand then crawled way up on the rocks and boulders ' I know they could see their own enormous shadows being cast on the cliffs and really were very pleased to see this They walked around looking at each others huge shadows they cast like dinosaur lions The one light they still have trouble with is car headlights, All my neighbours know that I walk the cats after hours and that they are reckless on the road, so they drive very slow past me when I signal with the flashlight, These cats just don't get it how dangerous cars are and how easily they will die if they screw up even once There is nothing I can do In just CLAP MY HANDS IN DISAPPOINTMENT but that may be too late Usually they are pretty good but sometimes they are very reckless and that could be a disaster when they are feeling invincible together
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