A Story, Just For You

I missed Friday's "discovery", so to make up for it I'll tell you a story. It's a true story about Mona and a cat.

The neighbor cat is really a kitten. His name is Tanner, and he is no more than a few months old. This kitten occasionally traipses up the steps and onto our front porch where we are sometimes hanging out, just the four of us.

When the kitten comes up the steps, this is what happens. Mona freezes in place. The kitten is curious and begins his approach.


Mona's next move is an interesting one, considering she is a full-grown husky who is often mistaken for a wolf, and Tanner is a tiny kitty with light-brown stripes and trembly white whiskers. Mona slinks underneath one of our chairs, lies down, and averts her eyes. She is terrified of that kitten. If the kitten attempts to come closer (he often does because he is a brave kitty) Mona looks at the ground and stops breathing until he moves on.

When the kitten takes his leave, Mona will eventually come out and sniff around the corners of the porch, but she will not set foot on the porch steps until she is DEAD SURE that cat is gone. Preferably in another solar system.

That is the story. Like I said, it's 100% true. I hope you enjoyed it. I know we did, as it happened.