“There you are Tabby, I have been searching for you. What are you doing in the utility room?”
“This is my room, Here I keep all my private items. It is my own storage place for my collections.”
“You have collections?”
“Of course you never know when things might come in handy. I have at least 5 mice stuffed with catnip as well as three bouncy balls. I cannot find my collection of hairballs, they have disappeared.”
“Yes Tabby, I had to throw them away.”
“Throw them away: works of art created by me. They are originals, unique and you threw them away.”
“I noticed something was smelling rather unpleasantly in this room and discovered the hairballs.”
“They were not unpleasant but individual works of art.”
“That is a matter of opinion Tabby. You still have your other souvenirs.”
“But that is not the same. I made the hairballs myself and the other stuff was from the store. Every feline in the neighbourhood has a grey mouse stuffed with catnip, not to mention a collar with fishbone pictures. None of the other felines has a hairball collection.”
“That is because we humans find them unhygienic and throw them away when they begin to smell. They also attract insects.”
“But you have things growing in the garden that also attract insects.”
“That is different Tabby, insects live with the plants.”
“And my hairballs live with me.”
“Yes Tabby, but I prefer the hairballs dead and yours were becoming lively.”
“Typical human: no understanding for the feline way of life.”
Poor Tabby. You literally pour your guts into your creations and Mrs. Human doesn’t appreciate them. I know how that is. ❤
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I know, and I treat her so well
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So true! You let her live with you and everything.
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Other humans would be thankful to serve such a thoughtful feline as I am
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Oh Tabby, it is difficult to lose your fine creations. However, one of the challenges of humans is our sense of smell. In many ways, so much less acute that yours, and in others, more attuned to the smells of decomposition. That smell, if too strong would lead to a reduction in the services provided. So despite the loss, it may be for the best. And I have little doubt that you shall make another.
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My hairballs do not decompose. They are preserved for ever. You just have to handle them correctly. They do not even smell, at least I do not think so. No art appreciation from Mrs. Human. She takes photos of everything, but has never taken a photo of one of my hairballs.
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Maybe she will consider it now. (and perhaps decide not to)
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She says she is thinking about it, which means forget it. Humans have problems with thinking.
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Perhaps Tabby’s hairballs might be donated to a museum or gallery. The Museum of Old and New Art here has a display of simulated human intestines that probably smells even better than cat hairballs.
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I can assure you there is no plastic in Tabby’s hairballs, just the real vegetative material.
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The intestine at MONA may be artificial but the smell is disgusting.
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