The classic deep male voice is a scary thing to young children. And apparently to cats. So like most cat owners I employ a higher sing-song register when communicating with my charges. They seem to like this. Occasionally I forget and go all basso profundo on them. If I have been "overserved" the night before a deep croaky "Good Morning Gentlemen" might greet the cats as I teeter downstairs. This seems to alarm them. Is the Big Cat suffering from Demonic possession? So I sing to them in falsetto and inquire if they're enjoying their dinner in the voice of a 6 year old girl. They find this extremely pleasant and purr. This morning however I could not be restrained. I was going to pick up the paper and as I rounded the corner I saw the palm tree knocked over, dirt spilled everywhere on the white carpet and the wrong tone just came out. "Who is responsible for this?", I roared in a very deep voice. When the boys hear this they instinctively flatten themselves on the floor like two furry pancakes to make their cat bodies as small as possible, so hopefully I don't notice them. Then they run. So I never did get an answer to my question. I should have used the high voice.
xxx dad
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