NaturallyResilient

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Callie was a very clever calico but she had one main downfall; she liked a good fight. There was very little that scared her. I could vacuum and she would stay sleeping and only be annoyed when I had to move her out of the way. I was vacuuming my drapes at the head of my bed once with her sleeping close to the pillow and the drapery attachment kept falling off. Finally Callie got up and moved, giving me a dirty look. There was only one time I ever saw her scared.

A number of years ago when we had Callie and about 6 other cats we bought 68 acres and a small mobile home. There was a lot to do before we moved onto the land. One Friday evening before setting out to work on the mobile home for the weekend we decided to bring a cat with us to check the place out and maybe this cat would tell the other cats about it. We decided Callie was the best choice.

At the worksite we did not have the electricity connected yet and decided to trust Callie out of the hot house to roam the grounds while we were outside working. That evening I had some trouble getting her to come in but luckily I had brought a can of cat food and a can opener. I took it outside so she could see what I was up to. I opened the can and she decided to come over, she had not eaten all afternoon and was hungry. Then I grabbed her and took her inside with us.

Since we did not have electricity, we did not have any air-conditioning. We opened the front door and closed the screen door and opened the windows that had screens for the evening. There was no front porch built yet and the bottom of the front door was more than three feet off the ground.

We had seen a gray long-haired cat hanging around the area when we had come before and figured we had moved into its territory but did not think much of it. That night the gray long-haired decided to check out Callie.

Paul and I were in the bedroom and Callie was in the dark living room by the front door. This wild cat started throwing himself at the screen door making all kinds of racket. This was some jump as he was hitting the door about four feet off the ground. Callie stood her ground for a short while but the wild cat was persistent and I guess Callie decided discretion was the better part of valor and we saw her run from the front door through the bedroom and into the bathroom where she reached her paw under the vanity door, pulled it open and went inside, closing the door behind her!

That was the only time I ever saw Callie run from a fight.