courtesy of JoDee (who is my sis btw..in case u ppl dunno)It stinks up here again.That horrible stench is coming from the cat poop.Again.Ok, first let me tell u the background of the cat story.
About 2 months ago, this mother cat(neighbour's)had 3 kittens. 2 orange-y, 1 grey-ish. And because the grey one was grey in colour, unlike the mother cat and her other two kittens, she abandoned it(goodness knows where)and that kitten was never seen around our neighbourhood ever again.Seriously..
And for some reason,the upstairs balcony of my house happens to be like the cats' favourite hangout place.
So she has 2 orange kittens.Initially she'd like to separate her two kittens, taking them down from my balcony in turns.
But since last month, the mother cat seemed to have abandoned this particular orange(with stripes) kitten upstairs.She still visits her striped orange kitten here occasionally(at least some part of her is still feeling some mother-cat-responsibility), but she's mainly living downstairs with her other orange kitten downstairs, in my neighbour's hse.We have even fed the striped kitten sometimes.Haha.
So this striped orange kitten(hmm..okay let's call it Tiger.Lol.)appears at the window of my mum's bathroom sometimes.It's way eerie i tell u.You'll just casually turn on the light, mentally prepared 2 do whatever u were planning to do, and before u can even close the bathroom door, you'll hear a loud meow..You look up and
bam there the kitten is, perched comfortably at the window.
Meowing loudly looking for sympathy.
Staring at u.
You can't even do anything anymore.I mean, it's
staring at u.So usually when Tiger appears at the window, i'll just look at it, back out, and use the bathroom downstairs.
That day(sometime last week)Tiger appeared again.At the window of my mum's bathroom.And i decided that i wasnt gonna take this appearing and disappearing from this cat anymore.I mean, i even had to sacrifice the leisure of using my mum's bathroom sometimes.So what did i do? I talked to Tiger.At certain points, it almost seemed as if Tiger understood me.Hahaha.The conversation(or monologue, more like) went something like this:
Me:You have to stop doing this.You're a grown cat now, anyway.You're not a little kitten anymore.And this is the human world. What are u even doing here? Ur world is downstairs, there with ur mother and sibling and all the others.You can't keep doing this, and we can't keep feeding u..You're grown up now and gotta take care of urself, find ur own food.Do those stuff that a normal cat would do.Yea, why cant u be normal and go find ur other cat friends, huh?
Tiger: -looks stunt that i was talking to it..then suddenly looks down, looking sad, with a little frown on its face, as if it was taking in whatever that i was telling it-
Me: Yea, it's true.Whatever im telling u is true, isnt it?
Tiger:-frowns even more-
Me: Yea..that's what u gotta do. Are u scared to jump down or smtg? U have to learn how to do all this as a cat.Finding ur own food, especially.We can't keep feeding u all the time, you know.U have to be independent.
Tiger:-suddenly stands up, stretches, gives a big yawn.Then turns around, with its back facing me, and plops down again.-
Me:Oh, look at that. U've got ur back facing me now.I'm boring u, huh? Am i boring u?!
Tiger:-no respond-
Me:Oh, all right.But i'm just reminding u that u can't stay here forever, ok? U have to leave.Find ur own life. Live it as a cat should.Which is downstairs, not up here.Find ur own cat friends!*lectures it a bit more*
Tiger: -stands up, stretches, and pauses for a moment.then looks down, after hesitating again, it jumps down(either to the roof or to my neighbour's or somewhere).
Me: -blinks.-Did it get my message?
Haha.I surprised myself by talking to the cat.I actually talked to it..goodness.
And before this, it has already pooped on the balcony about twice.Everytime it does, mum has to wash the balcony.And i thought after my pep-talk with it, it wouldn't come back here again(haha);mum tried to chase it downstairs too.
But that horrible stench is back.Cat poop.
Either Tiger's, or the mother cat's, or another member of the clan..Hmm.
