I am an \u2018out of season\u2019 cat person \u2013 born late Autumn, in fact \u2013 and was a rather tiny if somewhat hyperactive kitten. At first I couldn\u2019t even get up and down the stairs. Nowadays it\u2019s the old Carer who can\u2019t easily get up and down the stairs, so I have to wait for her halfway to catch up. I can say, however, that I am now extremely strong and it takes two Carers to hold me down \u2013 as when they want to administer some ghastly medicine. I am what the Americans call a \u2018tuxedo\u2019 cat person \u2013 black with white bib and socks \u2013 and a splendid set of white whiskers, groomed to a perfection that puts even Hercule Poirot\u2019s moustache to shame \u2013 and doesn\u2019t look quite so ridiculous. And, while I think of it, if you need a detective I can sniff out Human hypocrisy in the twitch of a whisker. I also have a belly flap and long back legs, which, I am proud to say, means I have inherited some residual genes from the aristocratic Egyptian Mau \u2013 another reason for asserting that I deserve the more dignified name of Tutenkhamun the Third. Plus, I like to discombobulate The Carers by fixing them with this unblinking, enigmatic Sphinx-stare, which I can keep up for half an hour until I get bored. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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