My Pets are Liars

Apart from my rooster who likes to sneak up on me when my back is turned ... and he still tries to do this, but I've learned to be alert!

My pig and one of my two cats are liars.

Our cats are banned from the bedroom for misdeeds. But truth be told, it is Osha who is the trouble maker when left to her own devices. Moonkie is usually calm.

However, Moonkie will also yowl and meow at you to the point that you seriously wonder if something is wrong with her. She will issue her distress to the point that you are convinced that something is hurting her, but in truth, she is only complaining until one of us gives in and lets her into the bedroom where she will do NOTHING except lay contentedly on the bed like a boss for hours on end.

Our pig Ruby is also a liar.

She doesn't like coming into the kitchen, as hooves on a kitchen floor are uncomfortable for her and she slides about more than actually walking. When we are eating dinner, however, she braves the instability to beg at the table, where she sings the song of her people:

"Does't thou not hear my plaintive cries? Wilst thou not take pity upon they pig and share the bounty of your good fortune?"

After getting some treats we tell her in no uncertain terms that she has had enough and no amount of 'singing' will move us further. It is at this point that she makes a great show of her reluctance to traverse the kitchen floor on sliding hooves to retreat back onto the other room. She is convinced that her show of great trepidation will cause us to take pity once again and offer more treats to the poor afflicted pig.

But when you're not looking, she can walk that kitchen floor hither and fore with more grace than one would imagine of a creature of her stature. It's all drama.

Here is a picture of the two of them. Moonkie and Ruby snuggled on the couch with me. It is an OLDER picture from when Ruby was still small enough to get up on the couch!