Saturday, October 14, 2006
Kingdom Animalia
Today our cat tried to kill our dog. They always wrestle a bit on our bed but this was very different. Kiwi wanted to kill Charlie. He was a cat possessed by some sort of demon and frankly, we were all a bit scared.
Kiwi launch himself at Charlie's face with such a voracity that it was clear he intended to fight to the death. He was breaking all of their usual rules. Charlie yelped a number of times, eventually leaving the bed altogether and curling up on the floor. She was actually afraid to close her eyes, and with good reason. Kiwi just wouldn’t relent.
“Rabies?” I wondered. But he’s had all the shots.
“Should we put him outside?” Trevor asked nervously as Kiwi sniffed the blanket where Charlie had been. Kiwi attacked Trevor’s leg.
“You know, I don’t think it’s Charlie. I think it’s something on Charlie,” I said. I watched as Kiwi caught sent of Charlie and moved stealthily around the bed. In one leap, he latched onto the tender part at the base of her tail.
“That’s enough!” I hollered over Charlie’s yelps. I flung Kiwi off the bed and went and filled the tub with lots of dish soap. I wrestled Charlie into it. A good scrub and several wall soaking shakes later, she was, well, cleaner.
Cautiously, she and I returned to the bedroom. Charlie sniffed tentatively at Kiwi but he turned his nose up at her. Clearly his attitude had changed, so she kicked his ass with a few body slams as retribution. When we all woke up an hour later, they were curled up beside each other, back to just Kiwi and Charlie.
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