the littlest demon's moment of pure joy

[kaigou]

We trained Baccano to come in at dusk by teaching him that tapping-on-metal means gravy! canned food. He learned on his own that "taking out a small dessert plate" means "dinner is about to be served", thanks to CP talking to Baka while he got out the can, the fork, and a plate, to lead the way to the Place Of Gravy (aka the guest bathroom).

For the next two weeks, Balto has to eat soft/canned food while his mouth heals, so he's now got his own stash of canned food in the pantry. Last night, Baka came in while I was in the kitchen getting ready to put out food for Balto. Of course Baka has to shark around underfoot, rattling like all get out (it's sort of like the motion cats will make to spray, except no spraying -- he just rattles like crazy in excitement).

Then I opened the drawer where the plates are kept, and pulled out a full-size dinner plate, for Balto's meal. Baka took one look at the size of the plate and let out a loud MWAOOOH!

It sounded exactly like he'd just cried out in joy, "whoa!", at the size of how much gravy! canned food he'd be getting. And then I pulled out the large can of (dog) food, and Baka just about rattled right out of his skin in pure joy.

I almost didn't have the heart to disappoint him.

Comments

[annotated_em]

This made me laugh so hard I snorted, which was something I really needed. *grins* So thank you for that.

[kaigou]

Trust me, we were laughing pretty hard at him, at the time, too. Didn't faze him in the least, he was so joyfully fixated. (And then he tried -- and almost succeeded -- to muscle poor 80lb Balto out of the way. Sometimes I wonder about Balto, when a 10lb cat can bully him so easily.)

[dragonhand]

That is so funny! Poor disappointed Baka. Heehee.

[kaigou]

Yeah, I think he just about had the peak of excitement in his life so far. I mean, when there's no girl-kitties in your future, you gotta get your pleasures where you can, and I guess an entire dinner plate worth of gravy cat food is equivalent to an entire room full of playboy kitties, in his little mind.