Instructions for the care and feeding of the boys during my absence: First, when you enter the house give a cheery greeting,"Boys!" Or something like that. This will signal to the lads that their new human scratching post has arrived.
Wait, lets go back a step. First, put hockey socks on on the porch before entering the house. Now, enter house and call out cheery greeting. I've left a package of Midnight Crazies on the kitchen counter if you need to distract them from running up your legs when you open the fridge to get a lemonade. Just throw the ball into the old kitchen this should buy you enough time to pour the lemonade and dab the blood off your legs with a dish towel. Please change the water. You'll notice floating bits in it -
this is because Rufus likes to wash his feet after he does his business - contaminating the drinking water for the rest of the day.
Reaction from his brother, "EeK!" Which in this case, means "yuck". Could you also sprinkle some food in the fish tank? You'll see it's in a clear plastic dish sitting on the shelf behind the tank. Make sure the tank is right against the wall or the boys will get behind there. Oh, and make sure the boys haven't already gotten behind there when you push it against the wall (see Kitten Chronicle - part 19," an inspiring tale of kitten heroism") One other warning, Roo-face is now an expert climber and could be
above you at any time and ready to pounce from the top of the piano or maybe a light fixture. Always look up. xxx dad
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