the cat whisperer
This is sooooo amazing! Jessica’s “media naranja” Thomas is here visiting and, after being here all of five minutes, he decided to try feeding Azar some asparagus … and it worked! Look at that! I’m telling you, people have lived with me for years and haven’t got anywhere near Azar. Though it must be said that Jessica got him to sit on the sofa end table near her last week. But he wouldn’t take any asparagus from her until Thomas came along and started speaking to Azar in gentle French until he suddenly jumped up on the little bookcase to have a snack. A bit later Jessica tried the same trick, speaking to Azar in French, and up he came again!
People used to ask me if it made me feel extra special that Azar would only let me touch him, and it really didn’t. It actually made me feel a bit sad because, unlike Sunny and Loki, Azar couldn’t get extra love from others. But now it looks like he’s finally opening up. Thanks to the cat whisperer!
So it’s all because of my rusty French
A bi lingual cat? Whatever next.
I do know what you mean about wishing he could get the love of others. Foley is very wary and likes to pretend that he doesn’t want to be around others too. But deep down he’s a really friendly little guy who loves the attention.
Cats, eh? Who’d have ‘em?
Je t’aime, Azar (is it working?).
Cats are multilingual.
When my daughter lived in China she adopted a kitten who first was rescued by a German guy whi found and bought a tiny kitten tied up in a string next to a house. When he left the cat moved in with my daughter and subsequently leaned his third language.
Later when my daughter went home he was adopted by a Dutch – Filipino couple who spoke English between them. Before his first birthday he was fluent in six languages