My humans, Dennis & Betty, had been talking about getting a cat for a while. A friend of Betty's had a cat with some kittens, and Betty wanted one of them. Dennis told her she couldn't have a cat. Yeah, right. She brought me home one day much to his surprise. "That is the ugliest cat I've ever seen!" he said. Well, if I had believed him, my feelings would really have been hurt, but I knew he wasn't serious. I could see it in his eyes.

They spent a lot of money buying stuff for me. They bought a litter box, and some food, and some dishes for me to eat out of, and some toys. Boy. did they spend some money! The first thing I did, of course, was to tear up their artificial flower arrangements. Man, was that fun. You have to show these humans who the boss is, or they will think it's them. That got them pretty mad, but as I said, you have to show them who's the boss. If you ever let them get the idea that they are the boss, well, your life is ruined.

Since then I have become one of the family. Heck, I bet I could burn the house down and they'd still love me. I don't think I'll do that, though. I kinda like my house.

I rode in the humans' car for the first time this week. Man was that scary! I wanted them to know how scared I was, so I dug my claws into the males's shoulders real hard. He didn't like that much. I had to let them know that they couldn't just take me wherever they want. I'm not their property, you know. Why do humans like those noisy, scary, bumpy things? I guess they're just not as intelligent as cats.

Binky