Fun Shapes

They are rock hard. They come in many shapes and sizes.

Remember when you were a kid and your were learning about circles and squares and triangles? How you would take a shape and then drop them in the appropriate hole in that magical box? I used to call them fun shapes.

Lucky's fun shapes are much more complex. And I'm learning a lot more than I bargained for.

The Lucky is quite a little fun shape factory. I'm not sure what happens once he chomps down his food, but he produces a wide array of shapes and sizes that perhaps no other mammals can create. It seems like a very involved process, the fun shape factory. A sort of step-by-step method as his food travels through the assembly line.

1. Strange Meow
He will belt out this unrecognizable meow that actually really alarms me if I'm around to hear it. It almost sounds like a baby... like a mentally challenged one. There will be about 4 or 5 of these, and he usually scampers off to a private area to express himself.

2. Twitchy Lick
He will sit there with this dazed look and suddenly--bam! He licks his tail and nips at it as if something is pinching him. It's a very quick movement, and then he sits again, with a more worried look and twitches.

3. Kitty Olympics
Suddenly Fat Luck feels the hysterically urgent need to run about the apartment. This is not his usual trot when he hears a can of tuna being opened. It's a gallop. He suddenly remembers that he can still jump high and will bounce off of the kitchen counter, my dresser, the kitchen table, and pretty much off the walls. He'll do several laps of this extreme sport.

4. He Disappears
It's very sudden. He just vanishes.

5. The Sound of Fun Shapes
You can hear several of these rock hard objects falling upon the hardwood floor.

6. Kitty Olympics--The Fight for the GOLD
He continues his laps furiously. If it's just two laps, that means he completed his mile. If it's more than that, I have to literally leap on top of him to make sure that a shape is not stuck in his little bucket.

7. The Misshapen
Guess what happens if a shape stops the assembly line--someone's gotta yank that lever. Now just like with any factory line, if you leave your station, you will suffer the consequences. Have you ever seen a fat cat drag ass on your bed? I have. Except it was my bed.

8. The Sight of Shapes
I thought we'd skip the smell part, it's pretty self-explanatory. Although I must say it's a good tracking device. But yes, the sight of shapes is very unique. Circles, half moons, rain drops, ovals, cylinders, octagons--the list goes on. The nice thing, if there is a pleasant thing about all this, is that they are very dry and easy to pick up. There's no crumbling, bending, smearing, or smudging. Just scoop, lift, and drop.

Do I scream at the Lucky for this? I did. But it just doesn't matter to the beast. He's like beelzebub's son, he likes it. So I just scoop, lift, and drop. And somehow my indifference drives the Lucky crazy. So even though he does not stop his biological warfare, I am definitely winning the psychological battle.