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3 May, 2010
Posted in: Family, Hodge

Only the other night, Mr. Waffle was expressing the mildest affection for the cat. Of course, that just invited what follows.

Shortly thereafter I was dropping the babysitter, M, home. “How was it?” I asked. “Fine,” she replied, “there was just one thing.” Apparently, as the Princess was playing Club Penguin, the cat came into the room with a pigeon clutched between her jaws. M saw the cat playing with something but didn’t notice what until feathers began to float around the room. With great self-possession, M did not squeal, as I would certainly have done. She left the Princess playing Club Penguin and unaware of the drama and, to the cat’s consternation, picked up the bird with a cloth (note to self – where is that cloth?) and chucked it out the back door. The cat followed and continued to play with the corpse outside. M was force to put the dead pigeon in the bin in a plastic bag. Apparently, it was a fully grown pigeon. Since Hodge is not a fully grown cat, I do wonder whether she would be able to bring down a big pigeon. I can’t help fearing that she found a dead pigeon somewhere and this is not going to be good for her health or ours.

The following morning when I came downstairs, Mr. Waffle had thrown the sofa cover in the wash. Apparently the cat had coughed up a hair/feather ball on it. Lovely. When I left for work the cat was lying on the Princess’s bed enjoying the morning sunshine looking like pigeon wouldn’t melt in her mouth.

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  1. Diana says

    4 May, 2010 at 16:39

    i have no comment, other than this post made me laugh!

  2. queenofparks says

    4 May, 2010 at 18:36

    When I read the first line, I had to scroll right to the end to make sure the cat was ok. Now I can breathe again. Princess displayed royal resourcefulnes, and pigeons need to be kept down.

  3. queenofparks says

    4 May, 2010 at 18:38

    Sorry. Misread M as Princess. Oops.

  4. Sibling says

    4 May, 2010 at 20:56

    Pigeon much much much better than rat, surely

  5. belgianwaffle says

    4 May, 2010 at 22:00

    Thank you, Diana, I can almost laugh myself now that the binmen have taken away the body.

    Cat more than fine, QoP, very smug.

    Thank you for that thought H.

  6. Dot says

    5 May, 2010 at 05:45

    Cats look so cute and furry, and then they remind you what they really are by ripping up some little furry or feathery thing. At least it wasn’t a baby rabbit.

  7. Dot says

    5 May, 2010 at 05:46

    Cats look so delicate and demure, and then they remind you what they really are by ripping up some little furry or feathery thing. At least it wasn’t a baby rabbit.

  8. Sarah says

    5 May, 2010 at 20:38

    You got away lightly with a dead pigeon As Dot said it could have been a live rabbit.

    Or a live flapping and squawking adult male pheasant, like my aunt woke up to one morning (Tiggy was a legend in her own nine lifetimes).

  9. belgianwaffle says

    5 May, 2010 at 21:07

    Oh, Dot, a baby rabbit, the horror. A pheasant is kind of impressive though. I can’t see Hodge bringing down many of those in the inner city, alas.

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