Louis Catorze has completely lost the gnarled, world-weary look that made us worry that he might be on his way out. He is bright-eyed, plushy-furred, full of energy and unbelievably annoying.
This change seemed to take place very suddenly, in the few days leading up to the spring equinox, almost as if he knew it was coming. And it makes perfect sense: since he always knows when it’s a full moon (and informs us as such with his stupid behaviour, to the point where we don’t even bother checking the calendar), why wouldn’t he be aware of the changing of the seasons, too?
This is how his Spring Zing has manifested itself thus far:
⁃ Pestering the hell out of Cat Daddy and a (male) colleague, when they were trying to have a meeting in the front room.
⁃ Playing energetically with his catnip toys.
⁃ Nocturnal parkour, using me as the terrain d’entraînement, and taking his rest breaks lying across my stomach, like a living, furry belt.
– Nightly requests to go out at The Front (which are granted or denied, depending on whether it’s Cat Daddy or me on duty).
⁃ Screaming at birds in the garden.
⁃ Sticking his face into toxic plants in which he hasn’t shown the slightest interest until now.
It’s a full moon on Monday, so can we expect worse then?
And, since I’m feeding Blue the Smoke Bengal for a few days, whilst his mamma is away, is he going to give me grief, too?
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