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Need to Get Out
More
By Dorothy Rosby
I have a cat and I have a canary and watching them
is more entertaining than working on a column and
possibly more entertaining than reading one as well.
But this morning, after spending a fair amount of
time sitting at my computer watching my pets instead
of writing, I had the following brilliant insight: I need
to get out more.
I need to travel, see the world, and experience new
things. My pets don't travel much, nor do I want them
to, but their sheltered existence gives them a skewed
view of the world, and maybe mine does too - the
way a fish in a fishbowl thinks the ocean is tiny and
has a glass wall all the way around it.
Mr. Tweeters - he's the canary; you probably
guessed that - has lived in a cage his whole life. And
for most of that time, the cage has been in the same
bay window in my office. I bet he thinks this room is
the entire world, though he's never actually said so.
And from his viewpoint, it's a jungle out there. On
one side of his cage is a window that, I admit, could
be washed more often. On the other side, there's
stacks of office clutter. The sun rises and sets at
different times every day. It depends on what time I
get around to putting the blanket on the cage for the
night and removing it the next morning.
As far as my canary knows, other creatures are
fairly benign, though they can't sing worth a darn.
But then, he hasn't seen- or heard- many creatures.
Mostly he sees the cat lounging on top of the bird
cage and me sitting here by the computer muttering.
Despite the fact that he's just inches away from a
predator, Tweeters goes about his business,
unconcerned. It's like if I trusted lions just because
I've never been attacked at a zoo.
The cat has traveled a bit more than the bird, but
he hasn't really enjoyed it. Once when he was a
kitten, he tried to travel out of the garage at the
precise moment the door was coming down. He wasn't
hurt, but he decided then and there that he doesn't
care for travel, at least via the garage. That's like if I
were to give up flying after surviving a plane crash,
which come to think of it, I probably would.
My husband and I reinforce the cat's travel fears
by occasionally forcing him into the car and taking
him to the vet's office. That is never a pleasant
experience for him, and he has a way of making it
pretty unpleasant for us too.
As far as the cat knows, the world is a violent and
frightening place, at least when you leave through
the garage. He's content to stay in his little
neighborhood - my house - where everyone loves
him, the temperature is always between 68 and 72,
and there's a treat jar.
If my pets ever bolted out the back door and took
off exploring on their own, they'd soon learn that both
temperatures and food supplies vary widely. And
they'd discover that some creatures are dangerous,
and that many sing better than the one sitting at the
computer every day.
Yes, these are the things I think about when I tell
my family not to disturb me because I'm working. I
told you I need to get out more.
Dorothy Rosby is the author of several humor
books, including I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad
and Then I Got to Know Me Better. Contact
drosby@rushmore.com.
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