My Romeo brought me home a present this morning. I had just got up out of bed and I let him and Juliet outside for a play. About 15 minutes later I heard Romeo meowing, well, sort of "wailing" rather than meowing. I thought he was hurt so I ran to see what was going on. Romeo wasn't hurt at all, he was calling me to come see what he had brought home for me. On the kitchen floor he had deposited a huge bug, with a body at least 1" long and 0.5" wide. The bug was black, and still alive. It was making a funny kind of hissing noise from its exoskeleton. Romeo hadn't killed it, he just wanted to bring it home as a gift to his mommy. How cute!!! I thanked him profusely and he was so proud, purring wildly and headbutting me. I sat there for a while, admiring the bug and telling Romeo that he is a wonderful hunter to have captured such a prize.

A few minutes later I took the bug outside to let it loose, but Romeo had other ideas. He wanted to play with it!! so he started to bat it around the backyard. Thankfully, the bug got away once it was outside, in its element.

The sweet puss... no wonder I love my kitties!!

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February 4, 2000