I am staying with friends. They have cats. Six cats to be exact.<\/p>\n
Each of their cats has a unique story, an entire history waiting for the telling. I have come to realize that when you visit friends who have cats, you become a participant in an ongoing saga.<\/p>\n
This cat is nineteen years old, that one is as big around as a volley ball. Those two cats there are sisters who wandered in one day, deciding they needed to adopt some humans.<\/p>\n
As I am sure you know, cats are imperious. They decide what they want and when they want it, and cat people make sure that they have it.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I wonder whether the cats are simply biding their time, waiting for some universal signal, something tuned to a high pitch beyond the range of human hearing. And then they will take over, and we will never see it coming.<\/p>\n
But then I realize that there are two reasons why this can never happen. One obvious reason is that the dogs are watching, ever vigilant.<\/p>\n
They know all too well that the cats can strike at any moment. And for some reason the dogs are eternally loyal to us humans, unlike the cats. They are, I fear, our only line of defense.<\/p>\n
But the other reason this can never happen is even more obvious. You see, the cats have already taken over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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