Naughty Orange Cat

This is Tigger. Tigger has been with us for about 10 years. When I was pregnant with Abang and was in and out of the hospital, we entered him in a Cat Competition at Subang Jaya Municipal Council Building… Bangunan MPSJ dekat-dekat ngan Taipan tu lah. She did very well, that darling girl as she won a few prizes.

After Pitt died, I didn’t want to love any other cats so I had always looked at her from afar. Takut ter-fall in love lah ni.

Tengoklah muka tu... Cengei semacam...

This is Moggie. Well New Moggie really as the old, sweet Moggie had joined Pitt. Now this guy had been terrorizing the house since he came. And for some reason, Tigger rubs him the wrong way.

I have seen him chased Tigger, growled at her when he passed her. Nasty, nasty cat.

However, Mummy told me a shocking story that left me gobsmacked and shocked and astounded and just plain terkedu…. If terkedu means what it means in my head lah….

Mum said one day she was sitting nearby Tigger downstairs when Moggie came down. The little orange devil (not to mention a newbie, baru jadi family dalam 1 year ni dah berlagak) stopped in front of Tigger and as my mom put it, “Dia pi sepak-sepaknya kawan tu 3 kali. Piap, piap, piap…”

“What ? He bitch slapped Tigger ?” Tanya ku yang tak sayang mulut. Bukan apa punya terkejut tak sempat nak pasang filter. Nasib baik Mummy was still reeling from her experience and didn’t register my very rude words (or she chose to ignore it). She said, “Ha ! Paih tu dia pi… Teruih belah. Tigger tak terkata apa….”

We were in the car at that time and I was too shocked to say or do anything. I keep trying to conjure up the scene in my head and it wasn’t nice… but also very funny… he he.. I looked at hubby but his face was unreadable. Maybe he is thinking no way is Mummy baby-sitting his precious Gizmo ever. He he…

The next time I went to Mum’s house, I asked my sister Marlin, the owner of all the cats in the house. I tell you, 1 or 2 is fine, but 5 ? When Ian came to the house for buka, one by one came down. Moggie, and Bubu and Max (I will tell about Max later…) and Tigger. When we came, Esya was holding a new cat that I have never seen.

“Look, Mummy ! This is my new cat, Carlos !”

Pulak… I sighed. Apa ni banyaknya kucing…. It turned out he is a stray and Esya pun dah confused yang mana satu kita punya.. Keh keh….

Anyway, back to the story. I asked Marlin about the slapping incident. She laughed. “Selalulah…. Moggie selalu buat macam tu kat Tigger. Ko letak lah dia orang dekat-dekat, mesti Moggie sepak-sepak Tigger….”

I was even more shocked. Tak habih terkejut hari tu, tambah terkejut lagi. Kucing spesis apa ni pandai main sepak-sepak ni ?

“Tigger pun dah boring… Malas nak layan.. Kadang-kadang lepas Moggie sepak dia, dia menguap....”

He he…. Bloody funny, okay… Keh keh…. Shock wore off and things became funny…. He he…. I have to catch him in action. I have to.

Naughty lah Moggie ni ! Moggie lama punya baik, punya sweet... tak dak perangai pailang lagu hang ni tau dak. Maybe he is feeling superior because he is an expensive Persian cat and Tigger is just... well a normal moggy he he... (moggy means cat... a British slang). Well, if you ask me, that is money down the drain, buying a mat rempit cat.

Huh..

PS : Nothing funny about Max, really. Max belongs to my other sister Ita who lives elsewhere. If she and her husband Daniel are not around they would always send Max to my mom’s. One day I saw Max was still with Mummy eventhough Ita has been home from her last trip.

“Awat kat sini ?” I asked.

“Dia tak mo balik….”

He he…. “Laaa… macamana dia habaq dia tak mo balik.. ?”

“Huh… dia balik rumah depa dia buat perangai. Tak mo makan, tak mo main… Dok sengap. Mai tang ni, elok ja dia main. Dok berlari merata… Nih… dia sunyi tak dak kawan tuh… Dia dok syok main ngan Bubu….”

Hmmm…. Gelak je lah… Keh keh…