I have a rug in front of the wood stove that is close-woven stuff. And
that is the cats' favorite place to lay when the stove is going. Robin
was all stretched out sound asleep; but dreaming, as his toes and legs
were twitching.

Djoser comes up to him and, in the way of felines, starts to nuzzle
Robin preparatory to lying down against him. At the same moment, Sheba
comes walking up and her claws contact the carpet and make a scratchy
sound.

Robin must have reached a critical point in his dream when the
scratchy sound and Djoser's nuzzling happened at the same time. Robin
was still in the midst of the dream as his survival instinct triggered
his reflexes.

He twisted and grabbed Djoser and pummeled him before breaking away
shaking his head and looking wild-eyed! Djoser was shocked and
squealed. Sheba was frozen in mid-step.

But in the cat world, face must be saved at all cost! Each one
immediately sat down and started nonchalntly washing themselves! That
fighting episode really didn't happen; it was just a dream. ;-)

--
CATherine