On Talking Cats

Why, oh why Percy, must you talk all the time?

I think I much preferred Percy when he didn’t talk at all, which was the past year up until, oh, a few weeks ago.

Now, he talks. Loud. Often. Persistent.

If the past in any guide, tonight, in the early hours of the morning, he’ll again attack the bedroom window from the outside in a desperate quest to wake me. Last night it was barely past three. Allyn doesn’t like to see barely past three. There’s a ledge, you see, one that runs across the front of the house, and the cats will get on the ledge and walk past the bedroom, past the office, and then back up when the realize they can’t go any further.

I’m not one hundred percent certain, but I’m fairly confident that Percy, in his attempt to rouse me to open the door and let him in last night, fell off the ledge and into the shrubbery below. He’s a cat, I’m sure he’s fine.

Sleep!

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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