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How would you describe yourself to someone?

Louis Catorze would probably describe himself as a very fine cat indeed. However, we know that this is a lie. 

It’s 17:05 on Sunday, and Cat Daddy and I returned home from our holiday almost an hour ago. 

Louis Catorze was in his favourite place, atop the back of the outdoor sofa, when we arrived. He watched us through the patio doors as we unloaded our stuff, emitting the odd meow. Then, once we were all unpacked, the little sod decided to bugger off somewhere else.

We discovered that he had settled into the corner of the sofa, out of sight.

Just to clarify: he knew that we were home. He even made eye contact with each of us, on several occasions. But he made the conscious choice not to come and greet us. 

At about 17:15, Cat Daddy opened the patio doors for some air (very reluctantly, because he didn’t want this to be interpreted as a sign of weakness). No reaction from Catorze. 

I don’t know why I expected a cat who truly couldn’t give even the square root of a shit, to greet us like a loving, loyal dog. 

We shall continue to sit here until someone blinks first. 

Thank you to our lovely chat-sitter for looking after him. He obviously had such a lovely time with her that he couldn’t care less about us.

Updates:

17:30 – still not in. 

18:00 – still not in. 

18:15 – Cat Daddy really wants to go outside and see how his tomato plants are doing, but “doesn’t want to look like he’s giving in”. So he doesn’t. 

18:33 – FINALLY! 

Catorze feels so small compared to the distillery cats. Probably because he is.

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18 responses to “Le bon accueil est le meilleur plat”

  1. sharkmysteriously81669d41ad avatar
    sharkmysteriously81669d41ad

    Greeted

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  2. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    This is a marvelous example of Cold Tail! Well played, mon roi.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      It’s called Cold Tail?

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      1. sevencatsandcounting avatar

        Yes, all of my cats are practitioners. Cold tail lasts as long as the cats deem necessary to punish you for traveling.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar

          I don’t think this is a Catorzian practice. Cold Tail would imply that Catorze actually gave a stuff. He doesn’t. He had an absolute ball with his chat-sitteur.

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  3. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Welcome back to the Chateau. Great illustration once again. Cat Daddy was the winner and the picture shows him telling it to Louis 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      He’s being a bit more cuddly this morning. 😊

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  4. Herman avatar
    Herman

    Beautiful photograph and love is in the air…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Well, it was for about twenty minutes. Then Catorze was back outdoors again. 🙄

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  5. Kate Crimmins avatar

    Great pic! What is that tattoo on Cat Daddy’s upper arm?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      It’s some Celtic god – Cernunnos?

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  6. Dr. CaSo avatar

    Awwwww, this is a beautiful picture 😀 Total love between these two 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      They are the best of buddies. 😻

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  7. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    Don’t forget – Louis as probably upset that you went off and left him.. Or else that you came back and thus the sitter left.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      He’s deffo not sulking. This would suggest that he actually cared!

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  8. cat9984 avatar

    Congratulations on outlasting him. It’s hard to outwait a cat

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      We honestly thought he’d keep it up all night!

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