From the Mind of Mocha (Part 2)

Hello again, humans. Princess Mocha the Cat here. Okay, I'm not an official princess, but I should be.

Last time I was here, I discussed how important it is for you to let us keep our schedules and not interrupt us when we are in the middle of something. Today I would like to reiterate the importance of sleep, and to show that cats do have a softer side.

Believe it or not, we cats like to watch over our humans. If you are watching too much television, then we gently remind you to do other things (mainly giving us rubbings). If you are eating too much food, we will offer to take care of some of that food for you.

But more importantly, we like to monitor your sleeping habits. Its a well-known fact to cats that you humans do not require the 18 hours of sleep that we do. In fact, its more like 7 or 8 depending on the human. We find it peculiar that you sleep only when it is dark out. Maybe you don't have solar-charged batteries like we do? Oh well, that's beside the point.

We cats know sleep, and again, we know that you don't need more that about 8 hours. Anything beyond that will leave you unable to perform certain duties, most importantly, giving us our needed attention.

So you may think we are being fussy when we try to wake you up, but actually we are keeping your best interests in mind and making sure you do not oversleep. My human, he usually folds after some gentle nudging, though sometimes I have to get rough and nudge him harder. Then I make sure he's up and ready to go by letting forth a loud meow. Sure, sometimes he doesn't budge, but then I just lie down next to him, reminding him that I won't leave until I've performed my duty.

You humans sure seem grumpy though when we wake you up. But again I remind you we are only trying to help you get started in your day. We are better than any electronic box with singing humans in it. And hey, what better thing to make you less grumpy when you get up then our adorable faces?

Whoops, it's time for my mid-morning pre-nap grooming. Till next time.