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To: AllansAlias who wrote (44603)7/5/2002 1:09:53 PM
From: Sully-  Respond to of 209892
 
*OT*

...And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps

Muscled, black with steel-green eye
swishing through the rye grass
with thoughts of mouse-and-apple pie.
Tail balancing at half-mast.
...And the mouse police never sleeps ---
lying in the cherry tree.
Savage bed foot-warmer of purest feline ancestry.
Look out, little furry folk!
He's the all-night working cat.
Eats but one in every ten ---
leaves the others on the mat.
...And the mouse police never sleeps ---
waiting by the cellar door.
Window-box town crier;
birth and death registrar.
With claws that rake a furrow red ---
licensed to multilate.
From warm milk on a lazy day
to dawn patrol on hungry hate.
...No, the mouse police never sleeps ---
climbing on the ivy.
Windy roof-top weathercock.
Warm-blooded night on a cold tile.

Ian Anderson circa 1978



To: AllansAlias who wrote (44603)7/5/2002 1:56:33 PM
From: bcrafty  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 209892
 
Allan, it might not work anyway

When I realized that my siamese was a roamer, who stays gone for days at a time, I decided to put a collar on her with a tag listing my name, address, and number in case something happened to her and also to inform the clueless that she is indeed owned by someone and thus not available for "adoption."

I also realized she is a fairly prolific hunter, having brought in many birds, mice, chipmunks and even a snake. I also happened to watch her with one of her prey, a chipmunk, her pupils dilated and teeth bared as she batted the poor animal around with her paws, and probably suffering a particularly terrifying death. So I decided to try the bell thing. Guess what? Apparently her proficiency is better than I imagined as she still brings home prey, the same as before.

I guess my attempts to outsmart the cat failed as poorly as my past attempts to outsmart the market. <g>

I'm long over the weekend. Have a good one