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Young Marie was excited. She was going to visit her cousin Madeline in France. She was going to stay an entire summer and she was excited about meeting Madeline and visiting France, but she was most excited about learning French.
When she arrived, she was even more thrilled because Madeline's cat had just had kittens, and Madeline gave Marie three of them to raise as her very own. Because Marie was beginning to learn French, she named her three new kittens Une, Deux, and Trois.
Marie played with the kittens constantly, and she took them everywhere she went. One day, Marie and Madeline were playing beside the Seine River. Marie put her three kittens in a small toy boat and pulled them along the river while she walked carefully beside them on the bank. Unfortunately, a large boat sped by, and the wake tipped Marie's toy boat and the kittens spilled overboard.
Seeing Marie in tears, Madeline rushed up and asked what had happened.
Marie replied, very sadly, "Une, Deux, Trois cats sank."
(For those of us who do not speak much French, try to remember how to count from one to five in French. Sound it out.)
Cats as Cats Can
This is attributed to Danny Kaye -- a funny man!
"One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home."
--Pam Brown
Often owners describe unusual behavior from their feline companions. One such behavior involves twitching of the skin along the back, sudden apparent bursts of energy and exaggerated grooming of the dorsal back. Cats may appear somewhat frantic. These are some of the signs of feline hyperesthesia syndrome. See your veterinarian if your cat is displaying these signs.
