Random Breakages
We were rudely awoken by a cat this morning. This is a normal occurrence; what made this morning different was that it wasn’t Mogret that woke us. It was Random Cat.
There was a tinkly shattering noise from the kitchen at about 05:10 this morning. The alarm clock was not due to summon us from sleep until 05:40. That fact alone was enough to warrant grumbling but we both traipsed blearily downstairs… to hear a miowing that is truly distinctive.
For reasons best known only to Random, he had busted his way in through the cat-flap (we lock the Mog in at night as she is impossible to see and has no road sense) and was now yelling frantically from the middle of the living room.
I let him out the back door and he shot gratefully down the garden path to freedom, only to return seconds later when I put some food into the outside cat-bowl. He let me stroke him, despite his traumatic imprisonment, and all is well.
Given Random’s fear of being trapped inside anything, I’m a bit confused as to why he would break into our house. It shouldn’t have been for reasons of hunger: he was fed yesterday morning. I’m pleased to report that there was no antagonism between the two cats: what woke us was the mug he broke when trying to escape the kitchen, not the normal yelling you get when two cats meet.
Still, he’s a nice cat, if a little shrill, and it would be nice if he adopted us permanently. Once has has conquered his fear of being Inside Things.