Gift Giving

Stella has been receiving gifts from all sorts of people, so Peyton and I decided we needed to do our part to make her feel welcome. This morning we found a lizard and tried to give it to her. Unfortunately for us, Mandy heard the tiny person wake up. Mandy has become like a super hearing maniac, if Stella makes the slightest peep, Mandy hears it. Anyway, we were trying to give Stella the lizard when Mandy walked in on us and apparently Mandy wasn’t happy with our idea.

Mandy rushes over to grab the lizard away from me, so I snatched the lizard up in my mouth and ran away. Mandy can move quickly again, so I didn’t make it away before I was tackled. Mandy tried to get me to drop the lizard, but I refused. Then I did something I’ve never done before—I growled at Mandy. I mean I really told her what I thought about her trying to take my lizard! She was startled and ended up calling Sam because Stella was crying, Peyton was trying to distract her and I was giving her the growl. I ran under the bed at my first available chance and proceeded to make Mandy think I ate the lizard. Stella will have to wait for the next lizard to receive her gift. When Mandy told her that I ate the lizard, Stella made funny noises and Mandy said she smiled! I wish I could have seen it, but I was too busy hiding from a now angry Mandy. She says we are bad cats, because our job is to protect Stella from invaders not give them to her! However, I believe Stella would have enjoyed the lizard. Peyton and I enjoy playing with them, so I imagine the tiny person would have enjoyed it too.

I am being careful to be sweet to Mandy so she will forgive me for this morning, but for now I will sit in the closed kitchen window.

Elway