kitty scratching culprit

Innocent Bingley

It is quite beyond me, why I seem to be the only one who appreciates the many and varied benefits of scratching. I try to do this as much as possible to keep my claws in optimum shape. I relish the release it gives me when I am excited about dinner time, or have just woken up. I also find scratching gets RESULTS. It is an excellent way of ensuring that Mrs H responds to my needs with a degree of immediacy.

my claw work on the sitting room door

Take night-time for example. I don't know HOW MANY times I have indicated to Mr and Mrs H that my preference is to sleep with them on the big bed upstairs. It started off this way but now I am expected to sleep downstairs, and that goes for my brother too. I mean, really! 

Naturally, I have no alternative but to scratch the door for as long and as loudly as possible to alert them to the fact that I WISH TO SLEEP UPSTAIRS.

Apparently, Mrs H's viewpoint can be best explained through the following drawings by the remarkably talented Simon Tofield, in his book 'Simon's Cat' (drawings come from him and are all his, if you haven't discovered him yet, go and visit).