This morning I woke up at dawn, around 6am. I don’t know why. I should be sleeping in. It’s Saturday. But it was six and I was up. I let the kittens out and sat down at my desk to do some writing.

Around 5 minutes later Fil comes running past the door in a howling blur followed very closely by one of my neighbor’s boorish dogs, Opium. I ran outside as fast as I could. I wasn’t that worried because Fil can take care of herself.

If it was Mak, I’d be worried. Mak is more concerned with taking inventory of my fridge than protecting himself against the local ruffian dogs. Fortunately he’s scared of his shadow so he rarely ventures too far outside.

Fil is a different story. She’s a very adventurous cat. I found her high up in a banana tree, with all the dogs milling around below. I had to coax her down gingerly, because she was freaked out, but all her cute parts were in one piece, and she recovered from the fright before the morning was over.