The Chipmunk Drama
An exciting moment in the lives of three black cats.
Mimi was already at the window, Mr. Sunshine joined her and Giuseppe leaped off my lap when she sent out the wordless, soundless signal that only cats can understand that something was outside on the porch that needed to be stared at.
It’s a chipmunk! Those sleek little critters with their racing stripes and remote-control antenna tails straight up in the air when they run inhabit my yard and have tortured generations of cats with their darting about in plain sight.
Mimi thinks to herself, I raised all my babies on chipmunks except these four. Maybe they’ll have to have a little taste…if I could only get out there…
Meanwhile, the chipmunk is stuffing his cheeks with fallen maple tree seed clusters, totally unconcerned about what is happening around him, and probably enjoying the fact that three cats are staring at him but can’t get to him.
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I, too, would hate to hear that they’d caught a chipmonk.. they’re such little cuties.. with, as you say, their Go-Faster stripes xxx
Well, Mimi took her share of chipmunks when she was raising babies…
I love your comment about the secret, silent messages between Cats!! How do they do that?!!
Did any of your three go “Chit-chit-chit-chit-chit” at the intruder/prospective dinner??
I Love that sound!! xxx
Actually, they all held perfectly still and didn’t make a sound, that was the funny part!
Aw, you have CHIPMUNKS! The most we see in our garden are snails… Chipmunks are so cute!
Jaffa, we have a lot of really cool little things around here! sometimes all you see is the ivy moving.
betcha’ they were all thinking….ummmmmmm…nuummmmmy….yyuuummmyyy…huh?! I mean really…we are cats! Right? just sayin’…paw pats Savannah
I’m sure that’s exactly what they were thinking!
It’s interesting how over time you learn their body language. They get real still except maybe for a twitching tail and stare intently at whatever it is. Sometimes they make noises – like a special chirping sound they make just for birds, other times they just silently watch.
Vicki, the funny thing is the two who joined Mimi had been asleep! Her intensity must have awakened them.
It’s not fair, you have all those lovely cats and chipmunks! 🙂 I’m so glad there’s some glass between them…
And birds and squirrels and voles and field mice and bunnies…