The independent AC repair guy out here is a fellow employee of a large,
seminal semiconductor company that sold out to China a decade ago.
I say that because we worked together in a factory where, for an instant,
the product was perfect.
We made 100% yields. The first ever anywhere. That is a bond.

.......anyway, back to cat anecdotes...

Yesterday I was telling him about my relationship with the free, wild kitty
Max and he responded.

He had an Austrailian Shepard, Annie, for whom he acquired a puppy for
company.

The puppy was scared and hid under the couch.
My friend's family was coaxing the pup to come out of hiding.
Annie was watching. And obviously thinking.

Annie goes outside and gets her favorite toy;
Drops it just outside the pup's reach, and she moves it back, coaxing the
terrified puppy out.

Abstract thought is NOT an exclusively human trait.

Nor is vocal language.
Max's vocabulary was quite large.
His meanings quite clear.

And because of Max's love, I shall share Max's hill with as many cats and
dogs and others as I can.

We are all kin.
Cheers
H.