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Rudslphus the dog thinks it's quite unhealthy, but I'm utterly fascinated by daughter of the house. She's almost always at home on account of being a student at some campus or the other.

I also happen to believe that she certainly has a few cat characteristics. She has mastered the art of staying in one place for a long time.

The other day I decided to take some interest in what she watches all day long in that little box in the living room. I was quite fascinated to see little people in there. But I soon figured that it was much more interesting to watch daughter of the house watching these people.

Now, she'd be sitting all still and quiet like a cat after a large meal and suddenly she'll screech and yell and go quiet again. A little while later she'll look dumbstruck, then for a while she'll look scared with her hand at her mouth and all.

Yesterday, I heard daughter of the house on the phone asking about a Praveena. I dragged Rudslphus there and told him to see what a nice caring girl our daughter of the house is. I have a feeling that she was inquiring (hopefully dying, it makes the idea all the more romantic) about a sick friend, because she spoke about this girl for a long time. A bit of tender loving care is not something a cat would say no to, you see.

Oh and the other thing is that nobody but me has seen daughter of the house tiptoeing into the kitchen only to come back with fruits (yuck! yuck!). I followed her into her room where I saw her elaborately putting them on her face.

Just then Rudslphus walked in. You really must understand that this brute sleeps all the time. If you are a thief by any chance, you couldn't wish for a better dog than Rudslphus to be in a house. When you walk in and out of rooms tossing fancy heirlooms into a large sack he'll probably be dreaming of bones and such.

If you happen to drop anything which'll make a loud noise (which constitutes almost anything if your main aim is to be quiet) he just might wakeup. No guarantees there, just might. Even then he'll give you a friendly lick and go right back to sleep.

But it's only when I'm fervently hoping that Rudslphus won't walk in on this that he actually does appear. Rudslphus took in the scene at once and howled with laughter.

His mouth (big) hung open with his tongue hanging out and boy, was he having a time. He repeatedly asked me to gee look at that and demanded to know whether I have seen anything more ridiculous than this.

Not really, to be quite honest. But then I'm utterly besotted to this daughter of the house. I had to defend her and all that sort of thing. Just then I realised what she had been upto.

I turned to Rudslphus (who was being patted on the head by daughter of the house, ha fat lot she knew) and told him that in two days she would start on meat and fish and wouldn't I be a lucky cat then?

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