Thought for the Week: The cat came back

Richard Thompson considers human nature

by Richard Thompson 24th March 2017

It’s 7:30am. I begin my morning sitting, looking out onto our back garden, with a clear blue sky and everything still. Ah, no! A neighbour’s black cat jumps down from the hedge at the bottom where he has been looking for birds’ nests. He sidles towards me heading for the side gate. I rattle on the window to show my displeasure. The cat slinks past me. I resume my sitting and ponder a while on the cat’s nature, which has not an ounce of empathy for the little birds.