HA! HA! HA! Yeah, laugh all you want. but it is true. I swear. I don't know why the above statement is so hilarious to some. I can testify of the fact that my cat pays a lot of attention to what I say to her.

You see, the thing is that a cat's mind works like a computer. You key in the command, but by all means if you do not press ENTER or RETURN, as the computer, the cat cannot tell when you finish to tell him/her what you want.

For instance, when I call her name, Matilda comes right away, but only if I finish my sentence with an ENTER input (which in most cases is shaking a plastic bag of her favorite treat TEMPTATIONS). It takes seconds for her to be by my side, no kidding.

If I want her to go to the porch for soft food, all I have to do is call her name, "Matilda" and input the ENTER (in this case the clicking of the soda tab-like of her solo food can would do nicely).

If she is sitting on the TV set with a leg and her tail swinging in front of the screen, all I have to do is tell her, "Come down, Matilda." Then ENTER (wobbling her favorite cat-nip mouse). She obeys immediately. Although sometimes she misses the unoccupied part of the bed and lands on my tummy, leaving me breathless (what a 20# cat can do to you if it jumps on your stomach). Or worse, she can leave me out of commission if she lands on a lower part of my body.

Matilda really obeys me, every time, as long as I end my sentences as on the computer with an ENTER function.

If you just call out, "Matilda! Matilda! Matilda," I end up with a sore throat, because the poor creature does not understand when you have finished your sentence; the same way a computer cannot know when you finish you input until you press ENTER or RETURN.

Copyright © Ralph Rewes
January 20, 2007