…rescuer of pregnant females and kittens, keeper of the peace and dispenser of justice in the animal part of the household, etc.)
He displays the same set of habits, behavior, temperament and likes/dislikes as Bubby did – and Bubby had a very, very unusual set of characteristics.
Now, this cat came to us with perfect household manners. Which is very nice except that we learnt that he was born a year or two before and grew up in a chicken coop – he was expected to perform vermin control for the coop owner. (People up here in this very isolated part of Maine are a little different to what you may know – animals are more in the line of property than pets and they treat them as such.) He escaped and made his way (directly, as far as we can tell) to our house – which is one of a small number standing on a side street and is not either the first or last house on the street. He didn’t stop anywhere else on the way.
So, a cat that is perfectly socialized (even though he had a more or less feral upbringing in a chicken coop) that chooses our house out of all the ones he could have selected, settles in immediately and just coincidentally happens to display all the same unusual characteristics that Bubby had. Happens all the time, right?
It’s not that surprising that, as time went on, we developed a sneaking suspicion that there really is something to this incarnation stuff. If ever there was a creature of strong will and determination that could choose to come back and continue with unfinished business, Bubby would be a prime example of it.
Alpha Cat (continued)
…rescuer of pregnant females and kittens, keeper of the peace and dispenser of justice in the animal part of the household, etc.)
He displays the same set of habits, behavior, temperament and likes/dislikes as Bubby did – and Bubby had a very, very unusual set of characteristics.
Now, this cat came to us with perfect household manners. Which is very nice except that we learnt that he was born a year or two before and grew up in a chicken coop – he was expected to perform vermin control for the coop owner. (People up here in this very isolated part of Maine are a little different to what you may know – animals are more in the line of property than pets and they treat them as such.) He escaped and made his way (directly, as far as we can tell) to our house – which is one of a small number standing on a side street and is not either the first or last house on the street. He didn’t stop anywhere else on the way.
So, a cat that is perfectly socialized (even though he had a more or less feral upbringing in a chicken coop) that chooses our house out of all the ones he could have selected, settles in immediately and just coincidentally happens to display all the same unusual characteristics that Bubby had. Happens all the time, right?
It’s not that surprising that, as time went on, we developed a sneaking suspicion that there really is something to this incarnation stuff. If ever there was a creature of strong will and determination that could choose to come back and continue with unfinished business, Bubby would be a prime example of it.
This is why he is known as The Cat Who Came Back.