Cats. They have cute faces and sleep all day dreaming of killing something outside..something warm-blooded, also, with a vague awareness of the dream (their little brains are approximately a fair match for each other). When the cats wake up they want food. Not just any food, but something they can eat. So a can gets opened with a KRINKLY-KRACKLE! its contents dumped on the dish; but then, it’s not enough..they remember. There’s a thing out there and they need to find it; and kill it and eat its guts. A gopher is ideal but any small mammal will do..even a rabbit! (a helpless bunny). Like an Indian scout, cats look for signs around the yard, a broken twig, or other evidence of the quarry, coming and going from its base of operations. Then he zero’s-in. Cat’s a patient hunter. He’ll wait indefinitely, watching the mound of earth – freshly excavated – for any slightest movement. Meanwhile, the person’s at work, grinding away to pay the rent (delivering packages or something); while the feline focuses on something really important. In those moments neither creature has any awareness of what the other is up to. The human’s acting under pressure to perform, ruled by a work ethic, or whatever, –the cat is relaxed, supple, controlled by impulse; and that impulse is sanguine in nature, driven by a thirst for blood (the person may fantasize about a similar fate for his boss but most likely will repress the fantasy and concentrate on getting the job done). The sun sets on whatever happened in any case. A car pulls up and parks in the driveway, its driver gets out and goes in the house after a long day. Cat’s on the couch, catching a few ZEE’s. Renter goes in the bathroom to sit on the toilet and appreciate a moment’s privacy; and sees blood all over the bathtub, –and its unhappy source, a small rodent with cat-punctures, held in detention, unable to scale the tub’s porcelain walls. Pitifully, the person carefully scoops the baby gopher and removes it to the outside..where it belongs. And the cat follows to finish the job. How horrific. WHY?! I guess he learn’t it from people..him and his cute furry face. ~c.