This is a beautiful pic of Delza & Cathy's ole tom cat Rudy. Now this is a really special cat; not because he was 19 years old, not because he was the slowest narliest scruffiest nearest death ole Tom ya ever saw, but because he was one of the smartest cats God ever made. Ole Rudy was very affectionate and accepted all the attention his advanced age earned him. Even though he was just "skin and bone skinny" He was known to go around and eat at every bowl of dog food put down for Delza & Cathy's 5 dogs. I guess the dogs respected Rudy so much they just let him eat ALL their food. He would come up to the step at the back porch and stand there feebly trying to climb up until some good samaritan would come along and help him. He would climb right up onto yourlap if you let him; any warm place to lay down and sleep I suppose. Plus the final piece of evidence to support his intelligence was, when I had to go in the house after a great dinner of grilled hots and burgers to get another drink what do I encounter but Rudy calmly sitting on the kitchen counter eating one of the hot dogs that had been left there on a platter. I called out "Rudy, what are you doing, loudly", he looked sheepishly over his shoulder at me and leaped off the counter and bounded into the TV room. Now this was the selfsame cat that had someone boost him up one step on the back porch awhile ago. I went out and asked Cathy if Rudy could jump up on the counter and she said "no, no of course not, not for years!" I almost succummbed to just not mentioning Rudy's indiscretion to her but I couldn't help myself and blurted out as to how NOW he could! That is why he is mister smart cat, no telling how long he had been stealing tidbits off that counter with no suspicion whatsoever! Alas, when we were on the Nuclear free future run to Oak Ridge, Tenn. we got a call from Delza to inform us that our favorite ole Tomcat mascot had passed into the next world where I'm sure he will always be young and the Creator will act like he doesn't know about the hots and burgers that are always left on the counter for him. | ||||
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