List your top 5 favourite fruits.

Will one fruit do?

We had a visitor to Le Château the other day, as you can see below. And, before you ask what on earth this has to do with fruit, our guest’s name is Lemon. I’m not joking.

When life gives you lemons …

Lemon may look like a fine specimen of velvety plumptiousness in these photos but, in actual fact, the poor boy has seen better days; he has the remains of an old wound on his face, and an even worse, more recent wound on his shoulder. Louis Catorze gave him the traditional Catorzian welcome (hissing and swearing) and Lemon, rather than retaliating, backed away, looking confused and sad.

“C’est MON Château! Dégage!”

I pinged his photo out onto our local neighbourhood forum and, within a matter of hours, I was able to find out his name and where he lived. It turned out that he wasn’t lost, but had just wandered too far on account of his, erm, fruits still being on the vine. One of our neighbours has alerted Lemon’s owner to his injuries and told them – again – to harvest those fruits.

In the nicest possible way, I hope we don’t see him again; the thought of him crossing the Zone Libre amidst foxes, aggressive crows and all manner of other horrors, isn’t very nice.

Neuter your cats, people. There’s absolutely no reason not to.

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23 responses to “Le chemin du Citron”

  1. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    We hope Lemon’s owners take your advice. Those big gray boys (we have had some) are lovely and plushy-soft and deserve to be kept in a manner suitable to their richness.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Lemon could be absolutely stunning if properly looked after

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  2. Lou Carreras avatar

    The Grey Menace had “trim” at age nine. It didn’t slow his amorous adventures down much, but he did seem to become more sociable to other male cats, and made friends. “Catnip on the lawn at four for five of my closest associates waiter, and the finest pate please.”

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He said “Please”? Or is this some sort of Mandela Effect that we cat freaks have all created? Cats having manners?

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      1. sevencatsandcounting avatar

        Mandela Effect. There is no “please,” only dire consequences if we fail to follow our Cats’ commands.

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      2. Lou Carreras avatar

        I am old, and it was a long time ago… I may remember things different theb they were…it might have been a swatof the paw with claws out.

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  3. Doug Thomas avatar

    Amen! It is the kindest thing to do, and the world it too full of unwanted cats and dogs from wanton breeding of intact pets allowed to roam.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Agreed!

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  4. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    You are right. In the second picture, Poor Lemon has really a sad face.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I think part of that is his British Blueness.

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  5. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    I agree with you. In the second picture, Poor Lemon has really a sad face.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He does!

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        Can you forgive me for this duplicate? I was told about some error, but it was probably a joke.Concerning Lemon’s sad face, it can also be due to his old age.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Aw, no worries!

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  6. Herman avatar
    Herman

    Oh come on Louis… give that sweet sad boy a hug… He looks a lot like Mr. Bowie.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I know, I thought I had raised my boy to have better manners! Poor Lemon wasn’t aggressive or nasty. He just looked perturbed!

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  7. Kate Crimmins avatar

    The first thing I thought when I saw the broad face was that he wasn’t neutered. Poor guy has spent his life in pursuit of procreating when he could have been having the life of a cat like Louis! Yes indeed! Get that cat neutered!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Yup, he has a face as wide as the River Thames!

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  8. lizabelle90 avatar

    What a sweetheart! I hope Lemon’s owners do right by him.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      So do I! Poor boy looked so downhearted.

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  9. cat9984 avatar

    Poor Lemon. He does look really sad. Hopefully, his humans will listen.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      I hope so too!

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  10. […] Louis Catorze’s former partner-in-crime Ginger Impinger aka Dosti, and his sister, Cariad. Lemon the British Blue – who, since this photo was taken, has been neutered! So hopefully he’s now a bit happier […]

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