A lot of people tease me about my cats. Seeing as i was not so much of an animal person before these two climbed onto my back and clawed their way into my life (pun intended). Although, if I really hv to type that then the point of it is lost. But whatever... I'm straying from the topic.
However, stray does bring me back to it. My mom found the two of them on the road when they were just a few days old - our estimate is a week at best - so they were strays, no matter how little. she picked them up and brought them home. I wasnt at home at the time, thank God! else i would hv not let her bring them home and i would hv missed out on so much.
Point to be noted here, I am still not too much of an animal person. Seems oxymoronish right? (is that even a word? spell check over here seems to think not. is there a better one for it? i cant think of one right now, so if you can, then HELP!) Anyway, i am absolutely in love with these two darlings. maybe because they are so human....
yep, you read that right...
i know that people like to pretend that their pets are not pets, and that i hv joined the bandwagon, but no, i hv not. (btw, i hv pets!!!! unbelievable!) i am not amongst those who Mr. P.L. Deshpande, better known as Pu. La. Deshpande by those who know him, or of him, has so hysterically spoofed in one of his sets. i hvnt heard it fully, though my aunt says i should. My aunt btw was one of those who ridiculed my claim that my cats are part human. Suffice it to say, i hv her convinced. Also in the convinced list would be anyone who has spent a decent amount of time with these cats... Given below are some anecdotes which may or may not support wht i'm saying..
One: Food habits.... other than regular packaged cat food, my cats refuse to hv food which otherwse cats love. big example: fish....
my cats refuse to eat raw fish but will happily finish off a piece of fried fish which is brought for us. same goes with milk... they will hv milk only under threat of starvation, in which case they will deign to take in a couple of slurps that are needed to avoid them from keeling over.
but, they love cheese, butter and all those guilty dairy pleasures that you and me have... :)
Simba loves non veg food, whether it is chinese chicken, or mughlai chicken or fried fish... you get the picture... when we order food, he is the first one to jump onto the tbale and demand his share.
both the cats hav very distinct personalities.... one is frisky and playful, whereas the other is a real life garfield... no prizes for guessing who's what! simba flops down in the middle of nowhere while even walking, whereas pebbles will get up to run after a paper ball even if she's just woken up...
simba used to be curious tho.... and thin too!!
We played holi with them this year... Simba enjoyed it...
Pebbles, not so much... :(
Simba lazing.... i wish i had some more fotos of him sleeping... but he changes position before i can click a lot of times.... but then, sleeping on their back, with arms in the air is not something i hv seen or heard of any "animal" doing.... pebbles does this too... sleep like humans.. remember, i hv witnesses... so dont you dare laugh at me..
no this is not pebbles sleeping like a human... t is her sleeping though...
i know you HAVE to say AWWWW to this one.....
Pebbles licking her mouth after having biscuits... told you she was proper.... simba is a slob... :D
i hope you can see the love in his eyes as well as i can... becasue this has to be the most affectionate cat in the world... he misses me almost as much as i miss him... pebbles is not too much of a people person, but she cant be incredibly loving also... she licked my sister's nose!!! and simba here has gven me countless kisses on my face! :-*
this is simba foraging for food in a bag that he knew contained food.... this is another thing... no matter how many times we change the location of their food, these cats know it...
this is pebbles showing cat like behaviour.... she is very very very curious.... simba - not so much!
there are so many many many more instances that i wanna record here, however, i'm out of patience right now as these photos took forever to upload.... however, another post coming up about the cats... more text than this one i hope... although as i hv millions of fotos of these two, i doubt it :) anyway...
This is simba scooting off too!! (time for his massage...)
2 comments:
Since you asked me to join in to the season of poetry,
here's a few lines, letting go of my bigotry.
Coming home to you and finding these surprises was so special,
being a dog person, cats were quite a puzzle.
Seeing them grow on cam, just the day I had with them seems so unfair,
I so wish you were here.... with this lovely pair :-)
Though you force Simba to sit through our video chats, he either gives up or sees food and flees,
Pebbles does her bit while you're away, by stepping on the keys!
You tease me for being jealous of these cute little things,
But how can I not when I was pampered the same way as these darlings?
So many memories we can smile about, when with wrinkles
No matter what, next time around I want more time with Simbles :-)
Ahh!! I miss them!! and you :P I seriously cannot believe how attached I got to both Simba and Pebbles in just days!
@Aks: good poem! didn't know you could rhyme! :P
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