Reward, Lost Cat, The Search for Spock. Donald Jr. Weiser
it! It's important to get excited about things. I recommend it at least once a year.
The month was October and with Christmas coming Beth offered to get Spock as my Christmas present. I never thought twice and accepted her generous offer on the spot. Spock came home with us that afternoon. We barely had time to get Spock acquainted with his new surroundings when I had to take Beth to the airport. I should mention that John gave me Spock's favorite toy to keep. It was a rabbit's foot with a bell on it. Spock loved it and would fetch it whenever thrown. We spent many happy hours tossing that rabbits foot in the air and watching Spock leap great leaps to catch it and bring it back to me so the game could be repeated endlessly. If I wasn't in the mood, Spock would throw it in the air himself by holding it in his mouth and tossing it up in the air and then catching it. I don't know how many times my sofa was lifted by me to retrieve the foot after being lost by Spock. He would pace around and sometimes whine looking for it only to toss it under the couch again. Maybe he liked seeing me lift the couch up.
Spock brought a new excitement into my life as anyone who has had a kitten recently can agree. If you haven't had a kitten around in recent years, get one! This new learning life for which the world is an exciting and wonderful place can shake the accumulated dust off any human. Spock had so many cute things he did that I will try to restrain myself. One, I must tell you. Every morning, after my shower, Spock would jump up on the bathroom sink/vanity and, while I brushed my thinning hair, would stand up on his hind legs and flail his front arms furiously. I finally figured out he wanted to be brushed too. I got Spock his own (green) brush and began brushing him when I brushed my own hair. This got to be such a routine that Spock would get up a little before me each morning and wait on the bathroom vanity for me to get out of the shower so he would get brushed. At these times he would purr madly with eyes transfixed and seem to be where the Buddha says people can go with the proper discipline. These were special times for us, more so now that they're gone. I think I could live an eternity and not forget the absolute sweetness of that cat standing on his hind legs, arms flailing, asking for some brushing. Beth and I have pictures. "Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you."
Spock was a watcher of television. I can take it or leave it but I am religious about certain shows. Jeopardy and Twin Peaks, for instance. Spock actually watched TV intently. I think he especially liked Alex Trebeck from Jeopardy because he was always touching Alex's face very softly with his paw. I'd had Spock about a week and some friends brought over their new Sony Camcorder to show me and to see Spock. We taped about an hour of Spock playing with his rabbit foot and his paper bag. My friends made me a regular VHS size copy of the tape and sometimes (on slow nights) I would play it for Spock. I'm not sure if he knew it was him on TV or just another cat but he had a great time touching that cat on TV with his paws. I have photos of this also.
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