In Moab, on the main street as you come into town, there's a little bookstore called Back of Beyond. In the bookstore lives Abbey, an aloof white cat named after the writer Edward Abbey.
My sister's dog Rose loves cats - loves to chase them, loves to play with them, loves to just be close to them.
As we walked by Back of Beyond on our nightly walk through town, Rose caught sight of Abbey keeping sleepy watch over the street from her windowsill perch. Rose pulled us to the window, ears erect, enraptured by this marvelous creature - so close!
Abbey lazily taunted Rose, slowly and indifferently stretching and rearranging herself on the sill.
They stayed like this, Rose rigid with anticipation, for several long minutes; until Abbey - bored of the spectacle - hopped down to seek solitude in a darkened corner of the bookstore.
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