The Things that Should Be Mine

 

[Me with MY toy mouse.]

Ruru the Cat here. Okay. Let's remember whose house this is. My people seem to think it's their house, which means they can choose to share it with whomever they want. As I said before, they've let all sorts of random animals in here. Cats and dogs. Worse yet, kittens and puppies. Bunnies. Fish. Guinea pigs. Rats. Lizards. Snakes. A baby goat. Not kidding. My humans take lots of liberties with my house. But we must remember whose house it is. If an awesome gift comes into my house, like the toy mouse above, it should be mine. 

[An upstart Wren with one of my toys.]

That means toys that come in my house should be all mine. Not Wren's, not Varya's, not Dude's, not any of the other seven cats' toy. It's mine. Here, my people show a total disregard for that. They let this upstart play with MY toy mouse. This happens a lot. 

[I don't want this one.]

Okay, so there are exceptions. This one with glowing eyes and sharp teeth is NOT my toy. I don't want it. Varya can have this one. It's too creepy. I just don't see anything good can come from sharp-toothed toys. I think I'd have nightmares. 

[Varya eating my snacks.] 

The snacks should be mine, too. I don't often want popcorn like this. But I do want the bread and all cat treats and the fishie crackers. I was here (almost) first. Maya doesn't count. She's too grumpy and isn't me. And we can ignore the fact that Chonk, my brother, got brought in three days before I was. I am and always have been more important. But it should be my choice whether I want the snacks. Varya shouldn't--but often does--get first pick of the snacks. I'M supposed to be the one who gets to jump on the table and fish in the fishie cracker box, not Varya. 

[See that toy I had above? Note how a few minutes later, it was stolen by Dude.]

But here we are in a sad world wherein I don't get all the toys and the snacks because I have to hide in a bedroom to avoid getting beat up on. What a sad, sorry world you unfortunate souls live in where you don't get to see me in all of my glory. You are stuck with only photos of me. Oh, and you only have lesser cats, less than me because aren't they all? Giving them the toys that should go to me. This world is just not fair, for you or for me. But especially for me. 

My Red Dot

[I could see a red dot there.]

 

Ruru the Cat here. So one of my people offered the red dot just to me. So I was just SURE I was going to get it. It was all mine. I could see it. I grabbed for it! It was right there between my paws!  Still, it got away. 

[Me, masterfully chasing the dot.]

I don't understand. If all the other cats went for it, I could understand how it slipped through my paws. But I'm a pretty good hunter. I've killed a lot of mice over my life. One time, I got one and put it under one of my people's sheets. Yeah, I was pretty proud that she slept there for days, unable to figure out where the smell of dead mouse was coming from. That was quite the amazing gift I left. And it kept on giving. 

[Where'd it go?]

So I know I'm good at what I do. And I have this room all to myself. There was no reason this red dot could possibly have escaped. Yet it did! I'm so confused. You can't even see the dot in these pictures. So I guess it escaped you, too. Dangit. Next time, red dot. Next time.