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Henry's Day

Monday

There are certain signs that we are now in autumn. On Friday mum had a hot water bottle in her bed to keep her cosy. Josie was extremely put out that mum thought she could replace her cat with a rubber bottle and refused to snuggle under the duvet with it. Mum hasn't used it since and Josie is back on bed warming duties.

Yesterday it rained all day and mum and Josie were playing bubbles. Then mum put the fan heater on. This blows warm air out and makes a noise and at first Josie wasn't sure she liked it. But bubbles normally sink down after mum blows them but the heater sent them up and all around the room and it made the whole game much more exciting so even I joined in.

I have taken to sleeping on the armchair - I'm sure it gets warm there but I can't remember how.

Mum and Josie had a falling out this morning. Josie eats stuff that she finds around and was chewing on a strip of foil off a toy. Mum tried to stop her and there was something of a struggle and mum won and pulled the foil out of Josie's mouth. Josie hates to lose and it made her all cheeky so when I walked past she came out and hit me with her paw. I was more surprised than anything else. Then she ran round the flat with her tail all bushty and mum laughed at her. I think she was right to do do. Crazy kitten - if only she knew how foolish she looked.

Friday

Yesterday evening Josie and mum didn't have their normal snooze as mum was doing tidying up. We thought maybe someone was coming to visit but no one did. And mum found some catnip in a box which I loved so much I grabbed her hand and pulled it back when she tried to take it off me. Sometimes she needs to be reminded of her place in my world and taking good stuff away from me isn't it.

We had a special delicious supper of Whiskas. It was fantastic and we licked our bowls clean. I said that I wished we could eat Whiskas all the time. Mum looked at me like she does sometimes and said that it was a sachet someone had given her as whenever she buys us Whiskas we won't touch it so she only buys Felix. Well, that can't be right as it was yummy. Mum sighed and asked me if I knew how much Whiskas she has given away as she has bought boxes and we've refused to eat it.

Given away??!! I had to lie down to get over the shock.

It was a bit cold last night so I slept on the cosy duvet and Josie cuddled up with mum under it, purring away.

Thursday

We had a happy day yesterday. Us cats don't need so much to make us happy.

Josie and I played Dares in the day. Mum wanted to know how there was a packet of sandwich bags on the kitchen floor but we really think she is better off not knowing.

Then mum gave me a good brush before she went out. Then later she came back. I went to my room and Josie sat on the sofa next to mum while mum read a magazine and everytime she wanted a stroke she nudged mum with her paw. Our mum is quite good like that.

There was time for a quick game of chase this morning but I hadn't realised that Josie was joining in from the other side of the bed and I nearly bounced on her.

And it is sunny today. At last!