Brotherly Love

Curry has maintained radio silence for a few days.  You can blame it on me.  I'm her blog secretary and nothing gets typed up if I don't have the time to do it.  So, on behalf of Curry, I would like to apologize for the last few days of no blogging.  And now, I'll let Curry tell you what's on her mind.

"Yeah, whatever, mom.  I could type if I really wanted to...but I have other things to do with my days.  So, today I'm going to tell everyone more about my brothers.  You've already learned that my older brother Zorro is very special to me and he has allergies.  I've told you about Willie the physical comedian, and I've conceded that Grayson is a cute young-un even if he is a bit of a pest.  I've observed a lot of other things about my brothers.  It's easy to do because I often find myself on the outside of their interactions.  That way, I can be an unbiased observer. 

First of all, I couldn't talk about brotherly love without restating that Willie is a very good big brother to Grayson.  As soon as Grayson came to live with us, Willie took him by the paw and started taking care of him, grooming him, teaching him how to take long, cozy naps, and playing with him.  They play-fight, they chase each other, they sometimes play with toys together, but most importantly, they just like to hang out.  Here are just a couple examples of them being brothers.

Even though Willie is kind of clumsy, he's still a cat, and he likes to climb.  In the first photo above, he shows Grayson how it's done.  After Willie demonstrated balancing on the scratching post, Grayson climbed up and had his turn.  In the other photo, the boys are sitting on top of mom's wine cellar.  I don't know why, but they just like to be up there when mom is in the kitchen.  I guess it gives them a good view of what she's doing.  Or maybe they are hoping she will pour them a saucer of wine.  In any case, even I have to agree that these boys provide a fine example of brotherhood.

Now, Zorro is my favorite brother.  It's because I knew him first (since I was a kitten).  He used to take care of me just like Willie takes care of Grayson.  Zorro and I are not quite as close as we used to be, because now he has the other boys to hang out with.  He still loves me though.  Just the other day Zorro and I woke up from our cat naps and groomed each other's heads.  In case you don't know, that's a definite sign of affection between felines.  It was very nice to know that Zorro still cares about me.  He also cares about Grayson, as you can see below.  See how they nap together so peacefully?  That used to be Zorro and me.  I'm not bitter...not exactly.  I'm just missing that golden time of my youth, when I was the baby and everyone doted upon me.

Well, that's about all I can stand to tell you about today.  Yes, the boys are good brothers to each other.  Mom is always saying how sweet they are and how cute they are, and how happy she is that they get along (what about me, mom?...yeah, yeah, I know she loves me too).  I just want to let everyone out there know that it is possible for cats to get along in multiple-cat homes.  It's important to introduce them properly (see any of Pam Johnson-Bennett's books in the Amazon box on this page), but it is possible.  And, contrary to popular belief, male cats are not all territorial and aggressive, as you can see by my three brothers who get along great.  So, that's all for now.  I'm going to dictate some more blogs to mom now so that she doesn't skip so many days posting again.  Really mom, you're gonna ruin my blogging career if you keep that up!"