Cat\’s Eye View

Most people don’t know it, but we kitties ahve extraordinary senses of smell. Really, we could put a blood hound to shame if we were willing to actually do it on command. We’re not.

This morning, the house made weird noises and the outside was very loud and then Ma opened the windows. I like open windows, really I do, but you just have no idea how many smells there were today.

I could smell the rain…and the frightened birds and squirrels. They were mostly hiding from the loud. I wanted to hide under the bed during the loud, but Ma kept telling me that it was just the wind…Just the wind. What the hell does that mean?

Then, I could smell broken wood.  I think people may only understand this if they work outside a lot or maybe chop wood, but hardwood has a smell, kind of fresh and sweet when it breaks and I smelled a lot of it today. Next, I smelled the leaves. One of them even dared to attack my screen. I thought at first it was a big bug, so I hid from it.

I think the crickets might be planning their revenge. But then I hid beneath the window sill and snuck just one paw up to smack it away.

There was also a smell kind of like lightning, but it seemed more regualted, as though maybe it was coming from one of the wires bouncing around on the ground and then there was a hint of smoke, but not too much.

If I were every crazy enough to go into the big outside again, I think this is how it would smell…and it was so interesting…as long as I have a bed to hide under and the outside can only come in through the screen.

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