A nap is always so refreshing, so I
take one as often as possible. Mina says
I am just lazy, but she is a lot younger and doesn’t seem to need so many naps.
Well, my anger has cooled off now
and I can talk about the incident. I was
so terribly angry with Mom. I just don’t
know how she can be so kind and loving sometimes and just so horribly cruel
other times. I expressed my anger in no
uncertain terms. I would not allow her
to touch me and I would not snuggle in bed.
I stayed at the foot of the bed and just lay there with my eyes open,
just staring into space and looking hurt.
Well, I was hurt! My feelings
were terribly hurt. What did she
do? The unthinkable! When she washed the dishes the other night,
she actually closed and latched the kitchen door! I couldn't get in. How could she do such a thing? And it was just before supper time, to add
insult to injury. I called at the door,
but she paid no attention. Later on,
when she opened the door again, it was all I could do to eat the supper she put
in my bowl. I’m hoping she won’t do that
again, because it is just beyond cruel.
Mom has apologized many times and she promises that it won’t happen
again. We shall see!
I’m happy to report that Mom and Dad
sometimes now talk aloud. Only
sometimes, though. Mina says the reason
I think they aren’t talking is because I am going deaf. Hmph!
Of all the impertinence of that cheeky, little girl! I don’t know why Mom brought her into the
house anyway. She says she brought Mina
home for me. Why on earth she would do
that is beyond me. Anyway, sometimes I
can hear them talking and can even hear the muezzin once in a while. It’s nice to hear their voices; I just wish
they would keep on talking and not mouth what they are saying. It’s so rude!
Deaf, indeed!
Mom now leaves the balcony door open
a lot. I don’t actually go out, but I
often sit in the doorway, enjoying the breeze or the little bit of sun that
comes there in the afternoon. I don’t
dare go all the way out, with Mom’s penchant for closing doors. I could get stuck out there! Mina says it’s fun out there, but I’ll just
let her have that kind of fun. It’s all
cold floor, with nothing soft to lie on, so I’ll just stick with the inside
where I have lots of options. She also
opens the bedroom window a lot now, but leaves the see-through curtain over the
opening. She says it keeps out birds and
flies.
We just had some very loud rain last
night. There was a lot of what Mom and
Dad call thunder and lightning. It got
so loud that it was scary. Mom gave a
little scream at one point, because she said the lightning must have hit
something. It was a very loud
crack! She hasn’t yet been able to find
out what, if anything, was hit by the lightning. I don’t like that kind of rain, but Mina says
it is much louder than I think, because I just can’t hear it all that well.
Mom and Dad got some really good
food in a can. They say it is beef. That’s fine with me, as it is very
delicious. Even Mina likes it. Mom says that Mina’s problem is that she
likes only red meat, and not chicken. We
had a can of lamb and kidney before and Mina liked that, too. Mom says she will get a can once in a while.
Talking about Mom screaming, she
growls. She growls a lot. They are just short little growls and come on
at any time, whether she’s angry or not.
I don’t understand these little growls. Why does she do it? Sometimes there will be a lot of them all at
once, and sometimes they are very loud.
Often, she holds her stomach after growling. I don’t know what her stomach has to do with
anything. Maybe her mind is going and in
her confused state she thinks there is something to growl at. Oh well, just one more human mystery to not
understand.
Well, all this thinking has made me
very tired, so I’m going to have to take a nap.
Maybe in a dream the answer to why Mom growls will come to me.
Yours,
Apache
