| Many of us have cats as pets. I personally have a big | | | | usually sufficiently loud enough to completely wake |
| white cat. His name is Max and he thinks he owns | | | | dad up. Now that dad is up, Max makes sure that he |
| the house. Actually I think he owns the house too. I | | | | gets a good morning scratch before any of |
| once heard a saying that dogs have masters and | | | | important work is accomplished by dad. |
| cats have staff. I completely believe that statement. | | | | Now dad is a very important person in Max's life, as |
| Let me offer you some insight on one day in the life | | | | dad is the one that fills the food bowl first thing in |
| of my cat. | | | | the morning. So Max kicks up a storm until dad fulfills |
| Max likes to sleep much all night although he believes | | | | his purpose in life by filling that bowl. Now if dad |
| he's the head security guard while the humans are | | | | makes a foolish mistake of putting in dry food and |
| sleeping. So he keeps patrols going only long | | | | not wet food Max will surely tell him. But eventually |
| between catnaps of course. When the time comes | | | | dad does accomplish the important task of filling food |
| for the first human wake up he's there and waiting. | | | | bowl. After Max is ready to move on to his next |
| Usually it's mom. Now if mom doesn't get up its Max's | | | | activity. This activity he thoroughly enjoys through |
| job to make sure she does get up. Doesn't she know | | | | most the day-sleeping. He will get up only if there's |
| that when she's making lunches for the kids that she | | | | any chance of morsel of food coming his way |
| needs to give Max some of that meat too? | | | | otherwise sleep off the day. |
| Once Max is sufficiently pestered mom to give him | | | | We can tell when the kids are just about to come |
| some of the lunch meat by stretching up and tapping | | | | home from school as Max starts looking for them. |
| her on the hand while she's making sandwiches, and | | | | Sometimes he'll watch out the window or sometimes |
| meowing all the while, it's time to make sure the kids | | | | he runs around the house like his tail is on fire. Max |
| have gotten up. Max likes to jump on the beds until | | | | wants the kids come home as he gets lots of |
| the kids eventually kicked him off or they start to | | | | attention. That means he could get a scratch from |
| pet him. Once that important duty is completed, time | | | | each of them. Once Max has gotten his attention |
| to wake up dad. | | | | from the kids, it's time to head back to sleep. Soon |
| Max will run at full speed down the hall and thump | | | | you know it's bedtime for the humans and Max |
| into the bedroom door to pop it open. The noise is | | | | emerges from sleep ready to start the cycle again. |