Another quick cat story.
Shows perhaps a bit of deceptive behaviour and planning.
I was eating a chicken. My cat sat near me on the couch, and watched me through half-closed eyes, appearing sleepy and totally uninterested.
She made no attempts to beg for some chicken....
So I thought it would be safe to leave it on the table when I got up and went to the kitchen to fetch something!
I found her on the table eating from my plate when I returned...
Since she knew I wouldn't punish her she just sat there, and looked at me, chewing....I had to pick her up, tried to take it out of her mouth since she wouldn't let go, -and ended up giving her that part of the chicken, bone removed.
(I had more chicken)
Our next cat, Jeannie again...she was allowed to sit on a chair by our table, had a saucer in front of her, and was given a small piece by everybody, and sat upright and still like a good child while waiting for that. It was more of a symbolic donation than actually feeding her.
She never begged or misbehaved. She ate with nice manners too.
Oh, my, what a cat that was.
So easy to handle.
She also appeared in my first Buddhist dream, with a high Buddhist teacher. She waited for me to come home, next to him.
I still wonder what that meant.
But I do have a feeling she (re)gained a high rebirth.