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| Cute overload! It's too much! |
One morning, I got up and saw something was not right
outside the kitchen window. I saw that very same black and white cat standing
on a stool outside the window. It was just the cutest thing! I opened up the window
and stroked it through the security bars of the window. Once I found him yet
again outside the window so it gave me the thought to go play with him. Luna
had actually become accustomed to the outdoors so I had the fullest confidence
in her for exploring the outside. On this occasion, I didn’t actually realise
she was hissing at Tom to get away from the window and they both proceeded to
run away. Luna had vanished by then but Tom recognised me and stopped to
approach me. By then, I nicknamed him “Sweetie” as I was yet to ask the
neighbour of his name. So that was the first time we became friends.
He would usually let out the most adorable yelp each time he
saw me at the window. He would grab hand by two paws and gently bite me sometimes
when I stuck my hand out. He would mark himself by arching his back as there
were always difficulty reaching through the bars to stroke him. |
| Meow! (He was actually yawning in this picture) |
It was almost a matter of time before Tom popped in and he
did! He walked about and had some of Luna’s food which I had to hide each time
he came in. Luna did not take to Tom at all and Tom knew it by keeping his
distance from her. On one occasion, I had finished bathing myself and Luna took
off into the night beforehand. I actually found Tom had snuck in through the opening
in the window which would usually only fit Luna through but on this occasion
was big enough for him to get through. I guess it was context of the night
(usually see him in the day) or that he was startled by the bathroom door
opening that got him to quickly run to the kitchen window but did not manage to
escape. He didn’t completely run away as Luna was inside as well. I was
startled by her myself when I saw her. He just sat there and gave the cutest
look to me. Ed opened the window wider and he was off in the night.
On another occasion, he explored the flat and ended up
sitting on the sofa by the living room window. Luna was hiding from him behind
another sofa. I eventually got her to come out and she sat on my lap as Tom
took a look at her and then looked out the window thoughtfully. I wondered what
he thought at moment.
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| Treats galore! Check out who is in the top right corner! |
There’s also another neighbourhood cat which Ed had
nicknamed Silver. This was another interaction between another cat that I have
witnessed with Tom. Their gaze were exchanged and Silver calmly walked away,
which was completely new to me.
The weird thing was that when Luna returned to her owner was
the time I stopped seeing Tom. Ed joked that Tom couldn’t allow his one true
love to escape so followed her back home, which I thought in some regards was
true… I would usually shake a bag of treats to train Luna to get used to the
outdoors but Tom would also pop up at the sound. I only realised this a few
weeks after she left but at this time Tom had gone missing. I knew of this when
Ed told me a flat around the corner - not out neighbour's cat! - had a missing poster of a cat similar to
Tom. Unfortunately that was the way I learned of his actual name. It was unmistakably
him when it came to comparing my photos to the poster and the added fact that
it met the description of a black and white cat with a red colour and
distinguishing figure around its nose. |
| Camera shy |
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