Monkey: Cat, where are you?
Cat: I don't hear you.
Monkey: Cat, are you under the bed?
Cat: I don't know you.
Monkey: Cat? Are you in the closet?
Cat: Help me! This alien monkey is stalking me!
Monkey: I put out food.
Cat: I don't want your filthy bribes. Primate.
Monkey: *returns to chair*
Cat: I still don't know you.
*time passes*
Monkey: There's still food.
Cat: I'm not speaking with you, Primate.
Monkey: Aha! But at least you acknowledge my existence! Wiktory!
Cat: ...
*time passes*
Cat: Primate, you are blocking my access to the window with the birds behind it.
Monkey: This chair is big enough for the both of us.
Cat: No, it ain't.
Monkey: Suit yourself.
Cat: Oh, look. Kibble. A good thing this wasn't provided by a perfidous Monkey, or I would have to spurn it.
Monkey: ...
*time passes*
Monkey: Cat? Where are you?
Cat: I've been on the chair beside you for the last fifteen minutes. You were too busy watching Doctor Who to notice.
Monkey: ...
Cat: If I were a tiger, I would have eaten you.
Monkey: Lucky for me, you're not a tiger.
Cat: Indeed. Instead, I have to wait for you to die.
Monkey: Well, you may have to wait a while.
Cat: *looks shifty*
Monkey: Cat? Are you contemplating something I should know about?
Cat: Um. No?
Monkey: Good. Keep it that way.
Cat: It would just be sad if anything were to happen to you, is all.
Monkey: Good. I agree.
Cat: Then the replacement monkeys might have to take me back. And pay attention to me. And not make fun of me on the internets. And feed me treats. And I might get... spoiled.
Cat: *looks shifty again*
Monkey: *sleeps with one eye open*
*time passes*
Monkey: Cat, get off my copy of Archaelogy, please.
Cat: It's a stupid magazine anyway. What is that, written on a third grade level?
Monkey: Fifth.
Cat: I rest my case. Turn off the light, Monkey. I'm sleepy.
Monkey: Are you going to sleep in the bed? Because I thought you hated me.
Cat: Well, the other monkeys are better.
Monkey: *reads*
Cat: You're getting sleeeeepy, Monkey. Very, very sleeepy. Sleeeeeepier and sleeeepier....
Monkey: *yawns*
Cat: Sleeepier and sleeeeeeeeeeepier.....
Monkey: *turns off light*
Cat: Oh, and move your head. It's on my pillow.
*time passes*
Cat: Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!
Monkey: *snork* ....Wha?
Cat: THE GARBAGE TRUCK IS GOING TO EAT US ALL! RUN! RUN!
Monkey: ...okay, I'm up now. Would you like some breakfast?
Cat: Is the monster gone?
Monkey: Down the block already.
Cat: In that case, yes please. Caviar and ham?
Monkey: Friskies?
Cat: If we're on hardship rations, I suppose. Oh, and Monkey?
Monkey: Yes, Cat?
Cat: ...I'm glad you're not dead after all. I think the mimosa might be, though.
Monkey: Alas, I think you're right. I knew I should have repotted it right away.
Cat: Lazy Monkey. Move over on that chair.
Cat: I don't hear you.
Monkey: Cat, are you under the bed?
Cat: I don't know you.
Monkey: Cat? Are you in the closet?
Cat: Help me! This alien monkey is stalking me!
Monkey: I put out food.
Cat: I don't want your filthy bribes. Primate.
Monkey: *returns to chair*
Cat: I still don't know you.
*time passes*
Monkey: There's still food.
Cat: I'm not speaking with you, Primate.
Monkey: Aha! But at least you acknowledge my existence! Wiktory!
Cat: ...
*time passes*
Cat: Primate, you are blocking my access to the window with the birds behind it.
Monkey: This chair is big enough for the both of us.
Cat: No, it ain't.
Monkey: Suit yourself.
Cat: Oh, look. Kibble. A good thing this wasn't provided by a perfidous Monkey, or I would have to spurn it.
Monkey: ...
*time passes*
Monkey: Cat? Where are you?
Cat: I've been on the chair beside you for the last fifteen minutes. You were too busy watching Doctor Who to notice.
Monkey: ...
Cat: If I were a tiger, I would have eaten you.
Monkey: Lucky for me, you're not a tiger.
Cat: Indeed. Instead, I have to wait for you to die.
Monkey: Well, you may have to wait a while.
Cat: *looks shifty*
Monkey: Cat? Are you contemplating something I should know about?
Cat: Um. No?
Monkey: Good. Keep it that way.
Cat: It would just be sad if anything were to happen to you, is all.
Monkey: Good. I agree.
Cat: Then the replacement monkeys might have to take me back. And pay attention to me. And not make fun of me on the internets. And feed me treats. And I might get... spoiled.
Cat: *looks shifty again*
Monkey: *sleeps with one eye open*
*time passes*
Monkey: Cat, get off my copy of Archaelogy, please.
Cat: It's a stupid magazine anyway. What is that, written on a third grade level?
Monkey: Fifth.
Cat: I rest my case. Turn off the light, Monkey. I'm sleepy.
Monkey: Are you going to sleep in the bed? Because I thought you hated me.
Cat: Well, the other monkeys are better.
Monkey: *reads*
Cat: You're getting sleeeeepy, Monkey. Very, very sleeepy. Sleeeeeepier and sleeeepier....
Monkey: *yawns*
Cat: Sleeepier and sleeeeeeeeeeepier.....
Monkey: *turns off light*
Cat: Oh, and move your head. It's on my pillow.
*time passes*
Cat: Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!
Monkey: *snork* ....Wha?
Cat: THE GARBAGE TRUCK IS GOING TO EAT US ALL! RUN! RUN!
Monkey: ...okay, I'm up now. Would you like some breakfast?
Cat: Is the monster gone?
Monkey: Down the block already.
Cat: In that case, yes please. Caviar and ham?
Monkey: Friskies?
Cat: If we're on hardship rations, I suppose. Oh, and Monkey?
Monkey: Yes, Cat?
Cat: ...I'm glad you're not dead after all. I think the mimosa might be, though.
Monkey: Alas, I think you're right. I knew I should have repotted it right away.
Cat: Lazy Monkey. Move over on that chair.
- Location:home is where they boss you around
- Mood:
lethargic - Music:Warren Zevon - Looking for the Next Best Thing

Comments
You're not a callous, abusive thug like me. I mean, last night, I was guilty of the abusive detention of a cat, and combined that with forced claw-trimming, to her eternal disgust. You'd have thought SOMEONE would have cared enough to call the Humane Society, but no, she suffered unavenged.
*loff*
Btw, I really identify with the cat stealing the pillow bit.
Maybe later, when I am starving... or underworked....
Love the things that come up by being pets to these cats. I"m not sure how mine finagled her way to my pillow when she wasn't allowed in the bedroom.
Tell her Morgan and Gillian say she is strong and brave for standing up so well in her time of troubles and abandonment. They also want her to know they are taking notes on how to act when I get back from WisCon.
MONKEY!
"WAH! I'm going up the stairs! WAH! I saw a beetle! WAH WAH WAH! I'm on the bed!"
This drives T to near-psychosis.
And we have one who is deaf, who runs around proclaiming to world he has a mighty Prreeeep (as he was born deaf, he never learned to speak proper cat, and purrrmeeps; it's all cat sounds rolled into one). He is also crazy. Preeeep! There is a jellyfish after me. Preeeeep. I am moving the water dish. PREEEEP! Make the bathtub faucet drip. PREEEEEP! These vibrations in the bathtub are fun. PREEEEP!
Riku does that to me, too. (see icon for evidence...)
*g*
Now we are at war for the chair again.
I'm glad you've been forgiven.
Wonderful post, as usual.
In Cat's defense, it *is* loud.
These are wonderful, Bear. Keep them coming.
Cat: THE GARBAGE TRUCK IS GOING TO EAT US ALL! RUN! RUN!
That's how my cats react, although I only get to witness it during the summer and am usually awake when the garbage truck comes. My younger cat is worse--as soon as he hears it starting up from the next house, he's pretty much on guard, then when it stops outside our house? He is gone! Of course, he's an odd little cat--he's terrified of plastic bags--or at least the noise they make. Shake a bag at him and he runs, like it's going to chase him down and attack.
Although both of my cats are always glad to see me when I come home from being away--but that may have to do with the fact that my sis is usually home if I'm away. But even the few times we've both been gone and it's just been our parents come up to feed them, all four cats are quite happy when we get home.
Hmm, I really need to make an icon with my boys in it...
She ignores them in the winter, but this time of year the windows are open....
Your "Monkey and Cat" entries are wonderful, and make me itch to try something like it myself. Thanks!
--Kris