My cats are happy to leave field mice on the top stair, half gutted, as an offering to He Who Pours the Food. They've never tried to bring one in because they know that they will bring the wrath of He Who Grabs by Scruff of Neck and Puts Outside.
Seriously, you have to draw the boundary somewhere! On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I feel like such a heel. I just saw my cat Snoopy go up the back deck stairs > so I thought he might like to come back inside. Got up to let him in the > back door, and he comes trotting back down the stairs, turns the corner and > he's got a chipmunk in his mouth. <sigh> > > > > "I can't let you in with that buddy. I appreciate the gesture, but it's not > coming inside." > > > > He meows with the thing in his mouth, with such a look on his face. We stand > and stare at each other a minute. Me wishing I could let him in with it and > make him happy, him thinking, "WTH? I caught this for you mom!" > > > > So I closed the door on him and he stood there a little while longer then > walked away back up the stairs to leave it on the deck instead. > > > > <sigh> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259932 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
