Tonight, the Five Cats' Dad bought a small pack of durians for his personal consumption but the moment Boy smelt it, he hounded his poor Dad till he relented and gave him some. Buffy and Tux joined the foray and soon the packets with the eaten seeds were placed on the floor and Boy ousted the rest to lick up the rest. Sam attempted to have some but failed. Kaku must have been at the back as she missed all the excitement. Anyway, there wasn't enough to go round this time. :(
You see, Boy has a long history with durians. Since he was a kitten, he loved sitting beside his Mom eating durian while they still lived with his Grandparents. Boy's Granddad would cut open the durians and distribute it to all the human family members while Boy, the human cat (that's what he thought of himself) would get small pieces from his Mom's hand and got to lick the remaining bits from her fingers when she was done. For the first time, Boy's Grandma didn't complain about feeding Boy human food as she was quite impressed a cat would actually like durians!
Many years later, with his Mom and Dad and new siblings around the familiar durian pile on newspaper spread out all over the floor, he didn't hesitate. The other Four Cats were perplexed at this pungent smelly fruit. But slowly one by one they sniffed and licked and wow... the smelly fruit was nice... Since that day, whenever their Dad buys a few durians back and lays out the newspaper on the ground, all the Five Cats will sit around and wait for their Mom and Dad to finish eating their share and then pass some around for all the cats to enjoy. :D
Posted at 23:44 by
mephala