Predator

[deird_lj]

My cat has a new game. He hunts my feet.

You see, being corporeal, I tend to make a big lump under the covers when I'm in bed. Being hyperactive, the "feet" parts of the lump tend to move around quite a bit. Which my cat thinks is fantastic.
I'll be lying there, half awake, and I'll suddenly feel this rather heavy object land on top of my foot. So I'll move my foot out of the way, only to feel it happen again. Then I'll look up, and see my cat wriggling his bottom in that funny way they always do when they're getting ready to pounce.
The next move really depends on how grumpy I am at being woken up. I'll either shove him off the bed and snuggle down into my pillow again, or I'll start whipping my feet around in interesting ways and see if he can beat his previous foot-hunting record. At which point he generally decides that this is now entertaining me, and therefore not entertaining him, and he saunters off to eat some breakfast...

Comments

[snowpuppies]

I adore it when they do that! Aren't cats just the greatest?

*happy sigh*


Of course, when they jump in your lap while you're having ice cream, letting little grey hairs float into your bowl, they're not so great.

Bleah!

[deird1]

They do get hair everywhere...

But I think the purring more than makes up for it.

[dreamincolor.livejournal.com]

At which point he generally decides that this is now entertaining me, and therefore not entertaining him

It's amazing how that one sentence can apply to nearly all human/cat interaction, no?

I love kitties.

[taiba.livejournal.com]

I love cats :-)

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

I'm a night shift worker and I have to sleep during the daytime. Consequently I wear a sleep mask (as worn on long-distance flights).

My cat thinks this is a wonderful toy. His favourite game is to be the Governor of Old Mexico with me as Zorro.

Snore. Snore.

PAW SEIZES MASK AND PULLS

"Meow!" (So, Don Diego, you are unmasked!)"

TWANG!

[deird1]

that one sentence can apply to nearly all human/cat interaction

Good point...

[deird1]

So do I...

*does the happy dance of cat love*

[deird1]

I'm now picturing you and your cat having a dramatic sword-fight around the bedroom...

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately he's the one with all the razor-sharp blades.

[iosef.livejournal.com]

The traditional game of "Tilly-toes", as practiced by countless generations of feline overlords.