Reading Cats

One thing She really likes is reading. Kasey and I have noticed that humans read quite differently than cats. Kasey and I read with our whiskers, our noses and our tongues. It is a perfect way to get the information we need. Is it good to eat? Is it too hot? Is it too cold? Is it catnip? And other questions like that. Our skill at reading has served us and all the other cats for ever, since cats were first thought about. When She was a teacher, She helped children learn to read, and it was more complex than scent and touch. They use their eyes and have to take a code and figure it out. She learned to read before She ever went to school, so She doesn't know how She did it. She knows how Her students learned, though. She gave them some words to get into their memories. Then She taught them all the letters that made regular sounds, Then the ones that were different. She used every way that She could think of, and if they didn't get it, She went to plan B. You see, if you are a human, you have to know how to read to get by. You have to read directions, and letters and books about your world. People who can't read have a much harder life than the ones that can. Aren't you glad you know how to read? Kasey and I are glad, too. We don't have books, but we have a gazillion things we have to learn about our world, here in this house. I am not sure our old sister, Kate, knew how to read, because she was often confused and scrappy. We read danger when we read Kate. Finally, Kate couldn't stand it and moved out, to hang around with other cats that read like she did. Meat and vegetables are on tonight's menu, and I bet there is some good juice on that meat. I think I deserve it. TaTaForNow.