Cats take over the world

First it was the mice, now it is the birds that are spreading rumors. They are chirping and hooting that cats want to run everything. Who wants the responsibility? We already have people as slaves. Cousin Sasha gets 12 meals a day plus treats, unlimited catnip, cat naps whenever she wants, a maid to clean her litter box and pick up her toys and a warm bed every night. Who says we have not already reached the peak of leadership? My big brother Smokey even keeps the dogs at home in line with just a sharp hiss and well-placed swat occasionally. I have some great mentors to follow as I grow older. I can CATegorically state cats are not planning to take over the world. Sir Gulliver of Dorito.

Meowing in 14 different languages

I mentioned as part of supersecret spy training that I learned to meow in 14 different languages. You would think they all sound the same, but each language has different rhythms, tonal variations, or can be soft, hard or guttural, to name a few differences. French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Italian all sound like mee-ow. Russian was more difficult -spelled Мяу! (M’yau!) and pronounced “m-yow”. Greek was also hard to pronounce properly, it is spelled Μιάου! (Miáou!) and sounds like mee-ah-oo. Norwegian and Swedish sounds similar – my-ow but when it came to Icelandic, I had to switch to myah. Then there were the languages I had more trouble with. Cherokee was the hardest (Gihiya!) spoken gee-hee-yah, Zulu: Ngiyavuma! said asng-ee-yah-voo-ma and Hungarian spelled Nyávog and pronounced nyah-vohg. Even though I don’t use the different meows daily, it is fun to speak with cats in their native language. Purrs, Gulliver