Topic: Cats and other pets(lets talk about them)

[piersdad]

hmm beter keep my mouth shut or son will tell me off

[Cran]

 
not that easy to maintain a 'G' or 'PG' rating, is it?
I've had to bite my tongue many times... 

So, back to cats...

As I said before, Ali loves cars and car trips... at home, she is often found curled up under one of our cars ... usually mine, which leaks a bit of oil ...    

... then she is called 'Spot, the cat'

When she spotted us dressed as if to go out, Ali made sure she was ready (and even looking tidy)... so Megan photographed the white cat with her 'favourite toys' ...

[piersdad]

one of our cats is short hair black and looks just like your one  but wrong color

[Cran]

piersdad -

Cran -
There was an answer nearby, and small white creature emerged from the shadows of night. A kitten, a cub, barely weaned, and now orphaned. Unafraid, the little cat approached its mother, and mewled its grief. Its wide golden eyes watched Nylor as he inspected the grul?s body and recovered his knife and sword. Then, fighting the agony and rising nausea, the young Noric returned to the cats. The little snowlion sniffed and licked at his fingers, and did not protest when Nylor picked it up and carried it back to his crude shelter. Nylor wrapped his cloak around the cub to keep it warm

err i believe you are fond of cats.
lovely sub story of 'you help me i help you'

you believe correctly, sir 
I'm also fond of dogs (I've raised two over the years) and other animals,
but cats are extra-cool! 
they seem to be remarkably fussy about their toilet and general appearance - though lately, with the two of them taking sand baths in my back yard... and it would be nice if they could extend that to their eating habits (though they occasionally like to help wash the dishes) - and they have a nice balance of independence and companionship ... and they do keep the place rodent-free (which, in a wheat-belt town, is no small thing!).
The snowlion cub, I probably don't have to tell you by now, is based on Ali - that was the change I had to make to this draft - in the previous draft, the older snowlion and Nylor fight it out, and the animal companion he finds (in the old chapter 5) is a wolf cub, but that never really worked...  and Ali's personality and antics are perfect for the story 
The reason my little black lapnapper is called Tasha comes from this story - later, a young black panther becomes Aron's companion; her name is Tashne Edu, 'Tasha' to her friends ... the first time I held the tiny black kitten in my hand, I said to Megan 'her name is 'Nol Tashne Edu' (meaning 'little black hunter'). Megan asked me what I was talking about, so I gave her the manuscript and said, 'here - read the story' 

[piersdad]

with the two of them taking sand baths in my back yard.

it was in the out back aussie that a stranger was a bit lost and stumbled into a small hut .
inside was an elderly gentleman and his two cats.
well the stranger was welcomed and given a much needed drink.
the ground outside was all smooth rock  wind blown over the ages by the incessant wind.
well the stranger was given a bed for the night and was narly asleep  when he heard a sort of scratching sound of rapidly accelerating feet and a rapid patter going of into the distance.
he soom heard the same sound comming back 1/2 hr later
intriegued by this strang sound he was nearly asleep again andf this scratching pattering sound repeated itself.
in the morning he asked the host what on earth was th estrange sound.


"oh that just the cats  they have to run 2 miles to scratch some dirt

[Cran]

 
Odd place for a hut ... dynabolts for the foundations?
2 miles to sand ... how far to water?

[piersdad]

The reason my little black lapnapper is called Tasha comes from this story - later, a young black panther becomes Aron's companion; her name is Tashne Edu, 'Tasha' to her friends ... the first time I held the tiny black kitten in my hand, I said to Megan 'her name is 'Nol Tashne Edu' (meaning 'little black hunter'). Megan asked me what I was talking about, so I gave her the manuscript and said, 'here - read the story'

its alway easier to write a story if somke of the characters are in your real life

[piersdad]

just been re reading this thread
only gor one cat now  sooty and he demands us to open the door when ever he needs to go in or out as the rental we have atm has no cat flap.