He Is An Odd One

   Bat, the Bayou Prince Cat, is not like any other cat that has ever called the Little Bayou House home.  In fact, I would even go so far as to say that this cat is strange...very strange.  He does some of the oddest things and some of those things are a bit scary!  Some of the "strange but not scary" things include climbing to the tiptop of trees and just sitting there for hours and wading neck deep into the Frog Pond just to get a drink.  He is an odd one.

  The scariest action is one that he does often.  He will find a place in the house just to sit and stare at the wall for a while.  In fact, this evening, he has been sitting in the doorway of the hall staring up at the wall for about ten minutes already.  I can call him or pet him and it does not distract him from his staring.  Nothing does.  It is almost as if he is in a trance.  

  I have tried to find what he is staring at but to no avail.  I thought perhaps a spider, a fly or even a wayward dust bunny had made its way up the wall but there was nothing to be seen.  I listened and did not hear a thing.  I even put my ear against the wall thinking something was behind the wallboard.  Nothing.  Still...Bat stared.  He did not move.

  Suddenly, he bolted from the doorway into the living room, jumped up on his favorite chair and curled into a little ball.  He has been sleeping soundly since.  He is an odd one...he is an odd one.