My oldest cat has a very definite sense of herself. She has rules of behavior – for herself and for me when dealing with her. She takes herself quite seriously.
When she was about 2 years old, just getting totally past the kitten stage, she started assigning herself duties.
At the time, I was working a midnight to 7 am shift. I got up at 10 pm. After a while I noticed that if I wasn’t up within 10 分钟 of my alarm going off, Luna would be there working at waking me up. She started out gently 由 licking my eyelids, but if that didn’t work she progressed up the pain ladder – a few slaps...
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