My cat likes to hide in boxes

The cat from Berlin played the violin


but my cat likes to hide in boxes


The cat from Spain flew an aeroplane


but my cat likes to hide in boxes


The cat from France likes to sing and dance


but my cat likes to hide in boxes

So goes one of my favourite children's books, aptly titled 'my cat likes to hide in boxes', which as a child I could recite word for word. I can't remember what the cats from Brazil, Norway and all the other countries liked to do now. Mum?


Sumi is proudly upholding the cat tradition of finding pleasure in the simple things in life. She was therefore quite amenable to the idea of Chris moving in, as long as the process involved plenty of boxes. The other item Sumi takes great pleasure in is bags, both canvas and the forbidden plastic. She is not above stealing a shopping bag from the table to this end, in fact taking it as being her Bast given right, and, as long as it isn't plastic, is generally indulged.

Perhaps this obsession with bags and boxes dates back to her R.S.P.C.A days where her life revolved around trying to convince some kind soul to take her and her offspring home. Suki naturally loves bags and boxes as well, but not quite to the same extent as her mother, and this, combined with her tendency to be distracted by the camera, leads to Sumi being the queen of the photo opportunity.

[added later] Sumi has claimed the box in the first photo as her own. It now lives in the laundry.