slave to a pumpkin

I had quality time with Pumpkin this morning.

When I got out of bed, I went out to the backyard to check on all that was hairy and walked on fours.

I saw Rufus and Bimbo, the older dog who is a yellow lab retriever.

The three cats were there, too. Pepper, her brother Snowball and her kitten Pumpkin.

I sat on the balluster and stretched my legs. I still had my peejays on when Pumpkin suddenly walked towards me. She was curious about the string on the waist of my peejays.

She hopped on the balluster and decided to have a small taste of the string. Then, with her soft bristled front paw, she tossed the string and tried to scoop it. She put it in her mouth and started chewing.

The string must have tasted bland because she quickly let it go.

But she wasn't done with the strings. She was so attracted to it. Or maybe distracted by it. She continued to struggle with it until she got bored.

When she was done, she turned her attention to my left ankle. She stared at it for a while and then decided to walk towards it. But she stopped and, instead, hopped on my lower left leg and did a short balancing act. Finally, she curled and perched herself on it.

This is mine, her behavior might have taught the whole animal kingdom in my backyard.

Right.

Pumpkin just learned how to make something big out of a small package. And she doesn't even need to see the film The Aristocats to act like one. It's all natural.

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kids should know that...

The Aristocats is noted for being the last film to be approved by Walt Disney himself; he died in 1966, while the film was still in early production. It was originally released to theaters by Buena Vista Distribution on December 11, 1970. The title is a pun on the word aristocrats. (wikipedia)