Meet Rags. My cat. He's smiling, because he's so unbelievably happy. The September of my senior year in high school, my dad and I discovered Rags, abandoned and near death, hovering under our backyard deck. We saved him, and now he lives with us (except outside, because my dad's allergic). Rags was the runt of his litter, but he was the most optimistic of all the kittens- he pulled through and survived his abandonment, and now he's the happiest cat to walk the face of the earth. You'd think Rags's constant happiness and kitty smiley face wouldn't really make a difference in my everyday life, but it makes all the difference. Now that I'm in college and I can't see Rags everyday (which slightly depresses me), my brother sends me a picture of Rags smiling almost every day. The picture above is from when Rags and I first united when I came home from school for winter break- of course that was the happiest he had been in a while. Everyone knows that animals spread joy. But when animals smile, it makes life so much more joyful. I don't know what I'd do without my smiling cat- but can animal body language be a form of rhetoric? I think so. If people have rhetoric, so do animals, and perhaps theirs is even more interesting because they can't articulate the way humans can. Maybe this is food for future thought.....
That is the first time I've ever seen a cat smile. Usually when I think of cats, I think of very mean animals who rarely give you any attention, but your cat looks so healthy and friendly. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSame here, I didn't know cats could smile. He's adorable.
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