Not mine but he belongs to the young lad next door and his name is Spike (the cat not the lad!). You may recall that on another forum I posted about this cat who had an unfortunate habit of using my garden as his toilet. Happily we have come to an understanding now and he goes elsewhere. Because I allow him to take refuge from the children in my garden and because I look after him if they go away, I am now considered to be his best friend.
They have been away for a few days and came back this afternoon. Last night I took pity on Spike and went and got him and brought him in here. He was in a mischievous mood and spent some time rolling on his back and biting at my pouffe.
I left him alone for a few minutes, in my living room and when I came back in he could not be found. I knew he could not have got out because the door and windows were all shut.
I called, I whistled but all was silent. I checked behind my TV unit, he was not there. I saw a bulge in the bottom of the curtains and I pounced - but no he was not there either. I checked under the coffee table and the dining table but there was no sign.
I wondered if he had managed to squeeze behind the settee - cats can be so thin when they want to. He was not there either. Then I heard a ding of his collar bell. I called and heard another ding but no cat appeared. I even wondered if he might have got behind my unit and peered through the gap at the back but no. I was still hearing pings at odd intervals and then I looked up, and there he was lying on the top of my unit (about a foot from the ceiling) and I swear that cat was laughing at me!