Anyone who thought Louis Catorze was a complete maniac anyway should see what he’s like when there are high winds. And when I say “should”, what I mean is “really shouldn’t”.
He can be an absolute hell-beast on a windy night, bouncing all over the bed, screaming, whining and thundering around the house. However, on Thursday night, when it also happened to be the first full moon of October AND a raging storm, he decided to thunder around the house WITHOUT A SINGLE UTTERANCE.
Now, this may seem preferable to the screaming, but at least with the screaming I know that it’s him. Voiceless stomping can sound just like a burglar, a poltergeist or some other horror that my mind decides to visualise during fitful half-sleep, and it’s quite an alarming sound to hear over and over again.
I lost count of the number of times the little sod woke me up that night but I estimate it to be around ten to twelve. And, when my alarm went off in the morning, I discovered that he had rolled his wet body all over the clean clothes that I had put out for work. To add insult to injury (and we’re talking considerable injury here, as I regard a sleepless night as akin to being stabbed in the guts), when I came down for my morning cup of tea he crawled into his El Día de los Muertos cold-weather igloo and went to sleep.
Cat Daddy: “He probably brought in a mouse.”
Me: “He didn’t.”
Him: “Maybe we just haven’t found it yet.”
[Silence, tumbleweed, crickets]
Here is Le Roi, most likely telling me that he’s just getting started:
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I love the photo of him with that “how dare you” countenance. But the more I looked at it I began to wonder if Catorze is truly a cat and not an incarnation or reincarnation of some other thing. Hope that’s not an equivalent of a musical ear worm. Hope you sleep/slept well without noisy interruptions.
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We look at him and wonder the same thing all the time! 🤣🤣🤣 It’s so great to see you back here again.
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xo nice to be able to be back and read your wonderful-should-be-a-book narratives.
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Haha, thank you! There has been a LOT of Roi activity lately. He just won’t stop! 😱😱😱
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I don’t think you have to worry about a poltergeist with Louis around. I hear they are fearful of him.
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Haha, yes! Or maybe they look at him and think, “That household has enough trouble already.”
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How did he get wet ? Was he in AND out on that wild night ? Wow…
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In and out constantly. 😱😱😱
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That is a rather scary face to see first thing n the morning. Seems to say, “You will feed me now.”
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Erm, this is his normal face! 🤣🤣🤣
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