Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Just in case you were wondering

Just in case you were wondering, the kittens that were in the shed, have now left the building. Last week, in the morning, I heard a horrible "screaming" kitten sound, so I came out of the kitchen and saw the mother cat carrying a kitten by the scruff of its neck out the top of the shed, down across our pit and shower area, and up again to the top of the cement block fence. The whole time the kitten was screeching, and the poor mother looked like she was putting all her strength into this manuvere, and had to repeat it three more times, I'm guessing. Because when I checked the shed again, they were gone. I think that maybe she decided that they were getting too big, and soon she would not be able to move them out of the shed herself.
Even though those kittens are gone there are some "teenager" cats around here, that are sort of pets to our host family. They scamper through holes in the cement fence seperating our compound from a tangle of a garden, dart between shadows at night, trying to get closer to the food bowl, and one night one of them (this one is all white, except its tail, which is a great contrast because its black) was playing with this gigantic beatle on the ground. They are so funny to watch because they look (like all cats I'm sure) very schizophrenic jumping around, and avoiding the shadows and immaginary things all around the compound.

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