Friday, January 09, 2004
Weird.I know people say their cats understand them... but I've always tended to take it with a pinch of salt, even as a cat owner myself. Like... they get to learn your body language and tone of voice in specific situations... but the words themselves... I never throught they really mattered.
So I was sat here just now tapping away on the laptop, and looked round at my cat. He was pretty uninterested, as is his way... he doesn't care much about anything when he's crashed on the bed. So I looked him in the eye, without moving, and in a totally flat tone, like a passing comment I wasn't really interested in, I said "Would you like some food?"
Whoosh! He was up off the bed and half way down the hallway to his food bowl before I knew it.
I guess they really do learn the words, as there was absolutely nothing about my tone, body language or the situation that suggested I was about to feed him. Indeed... if he hadn't reacted the way he did, I doubt I would have fed him for another hour or so... unless he'd asked me to.
Steve 2:20 PM [+]
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