It's weird. I've never been so sad when an animal has died before. I mean, it was always sad losing a pet, and God forbid something happens to Buttons, but we hadn't even had Mufasa and Scar that long. Eh, they say death is a part of life, and Scar's brief life had to be an enjoyable one. He got his satisfaction hunting little mice, chasing squirrels, catching birds and bringing them into the house alive, then leaving it. Mark has several videos of the 2 cats playing in his videos section on his Myspace page that he's taken with his camera phone.
Today I came down here to see if someone was online, just looking for someone to chat with. Heather was online, but shortly had to go somewhere with her mother so we didn't talk that long. After she left I went on my way back upstairs. I stopped in my tracks because I saw Mufasa. He was walking slowly, sniffing the area Scar was laying in the night before. His blood is still in a small puddle in the street by the sidewalk, and there's a bit of it splattered ON the sidewalk. As Mufasa was sniffing, I noticed he jumped, kinda flinched. It looked as though he realized who's blood it was and who was no longer with us. That's how I thought of it, but I question if animals have such instincts. It choked me up.
Mom looked at me as I came into the house and I know she could see the sadness in my face. I told her what I just witnessed in Mufasa. That's when Drew told us his theory. Our neighbors who live a couple houses down have a pitbull named Diva. She's actually a nice dog. She barks a lot, but is friendly. There are times where she breaks loose and roam the streets freely. I'm not gonna go so far as to say SHE'S the one who killed Scar, but it does kinda make sense.
I saw 2 guys walking up the block on the other side of the sidewalk last night and they saw Diva and I guess they were making fun of her or something. I kicked an empty can and they looked like they wanted to run as if the dog were about to chase them. I smiled. It wasn't my intent on scaring them but I get a kick out of scaring people. I didn't think that Diva might be loose, and our cats roam freely, usually in front of the house going upstairs and downstairs as they please, sometimes across the street or in my neighbors yard next door. I suppose it's a possibility Diva killed Scar, but no real evidence, and it's not like I'm a CSI or will do an autopsy of the cat, but judging how he was laying I know he didn't get hit by a car, unless the car did it on purpose. Scar wasn't flat though.
Has me thinking about Teresa calling cats speed bumps. Yeah, I know that some of you aren't cat people. I'm not a cat person either to be honest, but I can tell I've grown attached to these 2 for some reason, and Scar will be missed. Mufasa will be a constant reminder.
