He watches....carefully, as the cat twitches her tail. He looks relaxed, but you can see the tension in his body. The cat, nonchalantly leans down and licks her leg. He freezes, poised to move at the slightest invitation. The other cat peers out from behind the door; she watches him. The first cat stretches out and continues her licking. He notices the second cat and now must alternate between the two. Back and forth his brows move, showing the focus of his gaze. The first cat now notices him and freezes. Her hind leg still extended outward, she looks at him steadily. He has shifted his feet under neath him, but he is still down on his bed.
The second cat is crouching and walking toward him like a tiger in the jungle. He notices her and begins to tremble with anticipation. The first cat withdraws her leg and backs up to the wall. It is a three-way stand off...anything can happen. All three are poised for attack. The cats making tiny shifts with their feet preparing to make their moves. He wags just the tip of his tail, his breath is short gasps ready to move....and then....
I turn on the vacuum cleaner...hee...hee...hee. All three, cats and dog, turn into birds and fly straight up into the air. But, there is no grace so maybe it is more like grasshoppers. Maybe grasshoppers missing one leg and wearing blindfolds, maybe a little drunk too. Anyway it is fall down on the floor, loose your breath, tears flowing from your eyes funny.
And that is what we call fun in the mountains, when all of your books have been read, there is nothing on TV and all that is left is house work. Yup, we county folk know how to have a good time. Peace and love to you all...
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