Grass Monster

              Somewhere out there, in the far reaches of our neighborhood lives a patch of grass.  Not just any grass, but the kind with heads that stick like Velcro to long fur.  We may never know the location of this patch, but Toby does. He not only found the patch, but carried home at least 20 specimens, roots and all, nestled in his fur.  By the looks of it, he spent some time trapped in the vegetation before tearing loose.

          Toby strutted into the house waving his green bannered tail only to find himself the center of clowder attention.  The others were all over him, graciously trying to help by ripping the sticky seedheads out of his fur with their teeth.  As any cat owner can testify, there is a limit (usually extremely low) to the amount of indignity a feline will suffer.  Having spent the morning wrestling himself free of the grass patch, Toby had already reached the end of his tolerance.  No matter how miserable the itchy seeds were making him, he paid his housemates in angry hisses instead of gratitude. Finally he broke free of the pack and strutted out the back door with tail held high.  


            Sometimes it's hard to be a cat's friend.