Last night I decided to mix up a Jiffy mix of Raspberry Muffins. My big old white cat, Shadow is usually shy and timid but lately has been my shadow so to speak and last night wasn't any different. He had to sit at my feet while I mixed them up and poured them into the pan. I literally had to step over him in order to put them in the oven but I did without spilling them or getting burned as again he had to get right at my feet.
When they came out of the oven, I put them on a rack to cool down after trying a couple of warms ones with butter. Again he was at my feet but I knew he had a full bowl of food and this wasn't one of the treats I usually give him or Miss Kitty.
They both will come running when I use the can opener thinking they will get a bite of tuna which is their one and only people food treat.
Anyway, I left the muffins on the rack to cool and went back into the other room to watch some TV. It was a few minutes later that I heard a noise and went to see what was going on. I saw him on the counter and called out so he jumped down immediately.
But before he did, he had managed to take a bite out of every muffin on the rack and had one cornered and was really going at it. He sat back and watched as I gathered them up and scolded him. I didn't feel I could salvage any of them so out they went.
In the meantime, Miss Kitty had come to see what all the fuss was about and sat in the doorway with a look on her face as "what did I miss?" I'm sure if she had found them first, she would have done the same or worse as she is usually the one who has to see what is up there and gets snoopy.
So it was a surprise to see Shadow being my bad boy last night. Guess I will remember the next time I make muffins not to leave them out where he can get to them. And especially if they are Raspberry Muffins.
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