I know I contain a hefty dose of bias (what parent doesn’t?) yet I have always believed Chicken is simply awesome. Even more awesome than this cat. She transcends feline, extending it to, dare I say, super-feline? There have been a few clues along the w
ay:
There is that glint in the eye (only caught at a 47° refractory angle) which could be interpreted as being mischievous but you know there is a energiser-hamster on a wheel behind those eyes and it is working overtime! Scheming, inventing, solving and some plotting, no doubt. That languid paw stretch that just “happens” to pat you across the face when attention is deemed due. That not-so-subtle siamese voice, not beckoning, not calling, not asking nor inviting. No, that siamese voice demanding you report to her at once! Who thought I would ever be playing a landlubber version of marco polo with my cat?
I felt I needed no further proof of her intellect, what I never anticipated was her intelligence.
