Conversation

Fred the cat has a habit of catching animals, bringing them in, dropping them and then wondering why they escape. We spend a lot of time catching and releasing mice and voles.

Today he’s been upstairs as if he’s hunting, and I hoped it was a mouse rather than a spider big enough to pique his interest.

It was neither and I’ve just spent the last 10 minutes trying to coax a house sparrow out of his hiding place in the upstairs office and through an open window.