Kitty on windowsil silhouetted against the night.

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   John Bull (garius@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 15:55:08 JST John Bull

   As a kid I was scared of the dark.

   One night, my mum asked me what was scaring me and I mumbled something about ghosts or monsters coming at night.

   "Oh don't worry about those," she said. "The cats chase them way. That's why they're awake when we're asleep."

   I've loved that idea ever since. That at some point ancient humans and cats struck a pact:

   We feed them and provide them with places to snooze in daylight. They protect us from the things that lurk between worlds at night. #cats