gini
06-10-2002, 12:48 AM
Rascal did the dearest thing today and I wanted to share it with you.
I have a lovely Korean family that lives right next door. They have three children and the eldest is 13 - a darling girl named Jennifer. The parents do not speak English very well, but the children do and Jennifer comes over to see me and asks for help with her homework.
Each time that she visits, Rascal tries to rub against her legs, but she is very afraid of him (all of the children are afraid of him). Up until today he usually left her alone and went into another room.
We were sitting at the dining room table going over her paperwork and Rascal jumped right up on the table. He is not allowed on the dining room table so I put him on the floor. Jennifer was horrified.
The next thing I knew, Rascal gave me this amazing look and jumped on the table again - and sat down right in front of Jennifer. Rascal was going to educate her about how wonderful cats are - forbidden table be darned.
I softly told Jennifer that Rascal wanted to be her friend and she didn't have to be afraid of him. I suggested she carefully pet him around the ears and chin (his favorite). She was so tentative you would have thought I had a tarrantula not a large orange tabby. Her reaction was "oh, he is so soft". She petted him for a minute or two and then all by himself (with another look at me) Rascal jumped down.
Hello, I am a wonderful cat = lesson number one - complete and Jennifer passed with flying colors.
I can hardly wait to see what he does for lesson number two!
I have a lovely Korean family that lives right next door. They have three children and the eldest is 13 - a darling girl named Jennifer. The parents do not speak English very well, but the children do and Jennifer comes over to see me and asks for help with her homework.
Each time that she visits, Rascal tries to rub against her legs, but she is very afraid of him (all of the children are afraid of him). Up until today he usually left her alone and went into another room.
We were sitting at the dining room table going over her paperwork and Rascal jumped right up on the table. He is not allowed on the dining room table so I put him on the floor. Jennifer was horrified.
The next thing I knew, Rascal gave me this amazing look and jumped on the table again - and sat down right in front of Jennifer. Rascal was going to educate her about how wonderful cats are - forbidden table be darned.
I softly told Jennifer that Rascal wanted to be her friend and she didn't have to be afraid of him. I suggested she carefully pet him around the ears and chin (his favorite). She was so tentative you would have thought I had a tarrantula not a large orange tabby. Her reaction was "oh, he is so soft". She petted him for a minute or two and then all by himself (with another look at me) Rascal jumped down.
Hello, I am a wonderful cat = lesson number one - complete and Jennifer passed with flying colors.
I can hardly wait to see what he does for lesson number two!