Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from it more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum. (John Updike, Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, 1989, Ch. 6)
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Yet ANOTHER Pretty Girl
Meet Lilliputnikskaya. She came to our house in early summer 2008. Before that, she'd lived under someone's porch and had become quite wise in the ways of the world. We were on a 90-day probationary program when she arrived; but, after an intensive screening and a thorough background check, she allowed us to become members of her household staff. We are well aware that this is strictly employment at will: missed meals and shortages of bedtime snacks are not looked upon kindly. So far, we've stayed on her good side, but eternal vigilance is the price of a happy cat-human relationship.
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