We have looked after my sister’s Melbourne home many times while they have been overseas. A crucial part of this house-sitting has been Maddie the cat. Loved by all—nervy, contrary, needing much attention some of the time, not at all at others—Maddie was an innate hunter. Intermittently she would bring a mouse inside after herContinue reading “Jean Stewart: Of Mice and Women”
Category Archives: Humanising Animals
Edie Eicas: Spooked
Perhaps it was the fairy tales where the prince rode a horse or maybe it was my subconscious need to feel powerful through the agency of the animal that sent me in pursuit of ridinginstructions. A gentle horse that walks around an enclosure is a lovely experience and can fool an enamoured teenage girl aboutContinue reading “Edie Eicas: Spooked”
David Hope: Cabal of Cats
It was a dark and stormy night. The cabal of cats was meeting to plot their various schemes against the humans who attempted to enslave them and limit their freedom. A number of them had slunk into the meeting bedraggled and infuriated with the terrible storm. Oscar, who was hosting the meeting, smugly enjoying theContinue reading “David Hope: Cabal of Cats”
Edie Eicas: Surprise
I’m a tabbie given to Andrew and Robbie by their mum when they were going through a hard time. They saw me when they visited a school friend and he showed them my mothrer and the litter she’d just birthed in his cupboard. I was the runt, the last one left and would be deliveredContinue reading “Edie Eicas: Surprise”
Nell Holland: Heidi
It was a warm and dreamy, summer afternoon when even the flies hovering around the cattle seemed dazed by the balmy air. Heidi watched from the shaded area under a tree as four-legged blobs, like dirty cotton wool, moved methodically across the English meadow. The sheep moved in unison with heads bent, cropping grassContinue reading “Nell Holland: Heidi”
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