June 7, 2006
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Even though it’s summer, Dmitry’s having to work at least a bit on his English. High school will be harder than middle school, and the better his English is, both written and read, the more chance he has to succeed.
Well, yesterday he was doing some work in a workbook and as is his wont, he did it while laying on his stomach in the living room.
Being a fifteen year old boy, it’s also his wont to leave the book on the floor when finished. To our surprise, though, he was replaced by Zeus the cat, who sat or laid by the workbook all day, and is there right this minute. Amused the heck out of Taylor when he showed up yesterday; “Is that cat reading?” he asked in a stunned voice.
Darn reflective eyes.
Anyway, the only thing we can figure is that Zeus has grown increasingly weary of hearing herself referred to as “Stupid cat!”, so has seized this opportunity to show us just how wrong we are. Hey, she’s reading an English language workbook! Don’t call her “stupid.”
It’s presently 9:25 p.m. the day after (haven’t had the heart to remove the book, plus have been curious as to how long she’ll remain there, between eating and visits to the litter box, naturally), and she’s curled up next to it. Always in the same spot. Not only that, this evening when she headed to the kitchen, darned if Boots didn’t take her place while she was gone.
Enough’s enough, though. Tonight before going to bed the book will be picked up.
So much for Zeus’s education, I guess.
Comments (8)
Aww! Cats are so weird… one of our cats used to sleep in my brother’s tuba.
I’m trying to imagine Alex allowing any animal to sleep inside his tuba.
It ain’t happening. =8^o
ROFLOL
That is so funny! Is Zeus particularly attached to Dmitry? Or perhaps, he is hoping that if he is there, Dmitry won’t be? Cats…you gotta wonder!
If it’s either of those options, it’d be the second.
Keturah’s favorite spot is atop the printer/copier. She literally spends most of her life there.
And she has a special claim on it, too. On more than one occasion, I have had the thought cross my mind, “I need to copy this,” only to see Keturah saunter across the dining room and leap onto the printer at that very moment. If she could talk, “I know what you’re thinking. Oh, no, you don’t, not with MY bed, you don’t” would be coming out of her mouth, I know it!
Wow! We have a cat that looks just like that. I guess it’s a common look for cats. If someone just showed me a picture, I’d have thought it was ours.
Our cats seem to want to sit ON the book. Sometimes my wife will be reading her big Bible while the Bible’s sitting on the table. And one of the cats will stroll up and just lie down right on top of it.
your cats remind me of KoKo and Yum Yum, the Siamese stars of “The Cat Who…” mysteries.
Of course, my cats love books too, ESPECIALLY the Bible.