What makes Watson so mean?
Don’t be fooled by the peaceful demeanor and
reading the Bible. This is one ferocious feline.
She arrived just before Christmas last year, to stay as a guest,
while her “owner” (i.e. previous domestic staff) was out of town
for a few days. Well, day 2 of her visit, she bit her host on
the finger bad enough to require IV antibiotics and 3 months of
physiotherapy. Then, she hid in the basement for a month.
NOW, she rules the household. Current favorite
tricks are:
- Sitting in the middle of the stairs, and taking a swipe at the
human as he walks by.
- Walking across the computer keyboard, just to make her
contribution to that e-mail or other dockkkkkEEEEEDDDFument.
- Sampling EVERYTHING the human eats or appears to eat. (No,
Watson, you don’t want dental floss. Or my cellphone). She does,
however, eat peas, corn, lima beans, and parsley. And will kill
for chicken.
- Hissing at and generally annoying any girlfriends who visit.
- Awakening the human at odd hours of the night and whining if
asked to move off the human’s pillow – even though she has her
own.
- Sharpening her claws on the carpet on the stairs (so she can
lie down while doing it) and testing them on a regular basis on
the human.
- Insisting the bird feeder outside her window is kept
constantly stocked, for her viewing pleasure.
Oddly enough, the previous human has remained out of town, so
Watson remains with the new human. And the finger is doing much
better, thank you.
Photo submitted by: Cam
Date last updated:
10/25/05
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