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Cat of the Day
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Thea, the Cat of the Day
Name: Thea
Age: Five years old
Gender: Female
Kind: Domestic Shorthair
Home: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
 
   Thea is named after Dorothy Parker, a writer, critic, and satirist known and celebrated for her wit and wisecracks. And while Thea can't type or hold a pencil, she communicates her clever quips through high-pitched mews, mostly delivered between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning.

    This is relatively new behavior. She never meowed - and I mean never - until her brother, Oscar, passed away a year ago. Very sad for both of us. On a positive note, this tragic event has given us a much greater appreciation for each other.

    For instance, I appreciate that she greets me at the door with the excitement of a dog when I come home from work. She appreciates that I sacrifice my supply of hairbands so she can chase, fetch, chew, and then discard them under the armoire purely because it's fun. I appreciate that she is smart enough to know that heat escapes from the head and therefore drapes herself over my head every night in bed to ensure I don't freeze to death - even in the height of summer. She appreciates that I include her in the recycling effort by letting her lick the yogurt containers before they go in the bin. I appreciate that she chooses the cheap ottoman rather than the expensive couch to demonstrate the almighty destruction her claws are capable of inflicting. She appreciates the glasses of water I leave around because a drinking out of a bowl is oh-so-uncivilized.

    So as you can see, it's a give and take relationship that Thea and I have. And while we don't always see eye-to-eye on everything, I wouldn't trade her for the world!

Thea, the Cat of the Day
Thea, the Cat of the Day

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