We used to have a cat who loved to lie in wait behind the curtains and then attack your feet when you walked past. He used to climb inside the reclining armchairs we had then and sit under there, just waiting for a victim to sit in it. It was so comical seeing these paws flashing out and grabbing unsuspecting feet.
Another cat we had (or it might have been the same one) used to run up the stairs after my mum when she went into the bathroom of a morning, and then leap into the bath so as to lap up the water from the dripping tap (the cat, not my mum). Until of course the day when my mum had some net curtains soaking in the bath... I wasn't there to see it, but I can picture the look of shock and betrayal on his face as the poor cat tore into the room, launched himself into the air and dived headfirst into the water. Whereupon he leaped out, ran back downstairs and was never tempted to do it again.
Another cat we had (or it might have been the same one) used to run up the stairs after my mum when she went into the bathroom of a morning, and then leap into the bath so as to lap up the water from the dripping tap (the cat, not my mum). Until of course the day when my mum had some net curtains soaking in the bath... I wasn't there to see it, but I can picture the look of shock and betrayal on his face as the poor cat tore into the room, launched himself into the air and dived headfirst into the water. Whereupon he leaped out, ran back downstairs and was never tempted to do it again.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
