Margaret, you are too funny! Taboo has a "ribbed" tail, and it has the tiniest "hook" at the tip, so the top of his tail curls (he looks and acts part siamese, but he's a show-up-on-the-doorstep cat, so who knows). He loves to meow at me, then he runs, and I am to chase him and rub his tail so it curls left, then right, etc... It's hysterical. I'd say he has me trained pretty well! LOL!