I have noticed a phenomenon over the last ten years. It seems that 99% of the used book stores that I go to have one or many felines wandering around the shelves and bookcases while customers are browsing. :D
I noticed that alot of Miscellany members and Mike himself has cats. I too love cats. I used to have three of them, but I don't have any right now. I go over to my friend's house to play with their cats. :lol:
Anyway, are cats the most intelligent of the animal kingdom?, do they possess some mystical force that draws them to book readers and authors? Cats appear in many stories, they sure do show up alot in Fantasy and Science-Fiction novels. What power do they hold over us? Does anyone else think they are the guardians of the written word? Did you ever come accross a similar experience of shopping and the cat comes up to you and appears to guide you through the store? Perhaps it was making a suggestion on what to buy? A paticular snow white cat followed me around then went behind the counter when I was ready to leave. White, calico and orange are the most common ones that I see it stores. A friend of mine has a really cool grey cat.
By the way cat-like reflexes are no joke, one day the cat was playing with a toy mouse and I would take the mouse and try to pull it away before the cat could catch it. One day the cat was on the other side of a cardboard box,there was a hole in the box that I dangled the mouse through and the cat did not see my hand so it continued to claw at the mouse. One time I was too slow :lol: Instead of the cat catching the soft mouse, it reached a little high and grabbed my finger, the claw,curved as it was,stuck in beside the nail so I had to gently take it's little paw and move it towards me a little to get it out. The cat was fine. That will teach me to try to outsmart a cat. ;)
Anyway,that was my cat story for today.
Those felines have to know something that humans don't, I'd like to know what it is. I am happy that cats stroll around in old book stores, you just don't get that effect in chain stores. :clap:
I noticed that alot of Miscellany members and Mike himself has cats. I too love cats. I used to have three of them, but I don't have any right now. I go over to my friend's house to play with their cats. :lol:
Anyway, are cats the most intelligent of the animal kingdom?, do they possess some mystical force that draws them to book readers and authors? Cats appear in many stories, they sure do show up alot in Fantasy and Science-Fiction novels. What power do they hold over us? Does anyone else think they are the guardians of the written word? Did you ever come accross a similar experience of shopping and the cat comes up to you and appears to guide you through the store? Perhaps it was making a suggestion on what to buy? A paticular snow white cat followed me around then went behind the counter when I was ready to leave. White, calico and orange are the most common ones that I see it stores. A friend of mine has a really cool grey cat.
By the way cat-like reflexes are no joke, one day the cat was playing with a toy mouse and I would take the mouse and try to pull it away before the cat could catch it. One day the cat was on the other side of a cardboard box,there was a hole in the box that I dangled the mouse through and the cat did not see my hand so it continued to claw at the mouse. One time I was too slow :lol: Instead of the cat catching the soft mouse, it reached a little high and grabbed my finger, the claw,curved as it was,stuck in beside the nail so I had to gently take it's little paw and move it towards me a little to get it out. The cat was fine. That will teach me to try to outsmart a cat. ;)
Anyway,that was my cat story for today.
Those felines have to know something that humans don't, I'd like to know what it is. I am happy that cats stroll around in old book stores, you just don't get that effect in chain stores. :clap:
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