Following on from yesterday’s post, here is Part 2 of this light-hearted look at some of the feline voices we got to know during the time The Cat was with us.

Firstly, here is The Cat’s son Ana Half-Tail – his miaow was particularly melodic, being a beautifully modulated major third, feeling happy at A to F. And feeling happy because it was almost feeding time.

Mystery Cat – her voice was once, and once only, on the night Dinky arrived. One can only imagine she was saying ‘please feed him, he’s driving me mad. He doesn’t stop, he chatters constantly, I can’t get a moment’s peace. At least feed him so I can get some peace and quiet.’ Dinky, however, being expert in the art of circular breathing, had no intention of pausing his commentary even while eating. Sorry Mystery.

Pedal – a younger son of The Cat’s. Pedal grew into a fine and noble young cat. His miaow however never progressed much below ultrasonic, on occasion audible only to the neighbouring farm dogs.

Visitor Cat – her miaow arrived a considerable time after she did. For many months she ate silently on the top of the wall, until her defences, weakened by the delights of wet food, allowed a delicate and pretty miaow to escape. Cuddles followed, accompanied by claws and teeth and more miaows.

Longtail – after months of coming to eat without having any interest in interacting with humans, Longtail suddenly decided that he would court cuddles, miaowing loudly for attention and food in a way that made us think he might have spent too much time with Dinky during their time with Quink as The Three Mouseketeers.

Sniffly Cat – a polite lady, exceptionally well-mannered and never push. You could imagine her miaowing ‘excuse me, is there any food? Excuse me – I don’t want to interrupt but I am rather hungry. Is there any food? Is there? Is there? Really? For me? Is that for me? Oh good.’