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COUNTER CULTURE
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A b o u t tw o w eeks ago I had the opportunity to
experience tw o vastly different perspectives o f a
single situation. I have found m yself grateful for this
quiet lesson ev er since then.
A d ear friend w ho subscribes to the theory that
cats, indeed, w alk on w ater, extended an invitation to
attend a Big Deal cat show in Portland w ith him. 1
w as flattered, in that he deem ed m e worthy o f such
an inv ite, and that he was w illing to spring for lunch
at a C hinese restaurant w here the aisles were
cram m ed w ith carts full o f God-know -w hat, and the
clientele was overw helm ingly Asian. (An aside: As a
T a u ru s, 1 have been know n to do alm ost anything,
go alm o st anyw here - happily— for food). W e
chose m ysterious things to eat, drank decent jasm ine
tea, a n d aflcrw ard set o ff for the Rose G arden
co m p lex to sec an expcnsiv e passle o f fuzzy guy s.
W e ended up in an underground section
approxim ately the size o f a SA C base, that was tilled
on o n e side w ith tables full o f row upon row of
cages co n tain in g one or m ore ol the required species.
N ow , w e are not talking R E G U L A R old cages --
these things w ere set up w ith no less detail than
stages at the M etropolitan O pera, with satin and
sequined drapes pulled back to expose Lc Kitty in all
his/her som nam bulant grandeur. That overw helm ing
feeling o f being a 24-karat hick began to set in as 1
stared, m outh agape, at breeds that looked like they
orig in ated o n S tar Trek. Exam ple: The C ornish Red.
It appears to be a perfectly normal cat that has been
starved nearly to death, then given a bad perm.
T h e re w ere exotic Siam ese whose laces w ere so
elongated that they could pass for reincarnations ol
L auren Bacall. 1 w as duly im pressed w ith the array
o f A b y ssin ian s, V ans, Persians, O cicats and
T o n k in ese. They w ere at their best, w inning
b o uquets o f ribbons, and garnering (if possible) even
m ore adulation from their ow ners as the afternoon
w o re on.
My bum knee began to suggest sitting for a while,
so I up residence in a folding chair in front of the
snack bar in m id-m all (where one could discover that
a sm all coke is (!) $2.00). T he ceiling drew
atten tio n , by v irtue of its heavy-duty construction: It
appeared capable o f supporting a small lead mine.
Its lines w ere interesting enough to hold my interest
fo r quite a w hile, and, in gazing back and forth at the
gird ers in the w in d o w less space, I saw som ething
unexpected - a little gray and brown bird flitting
literally from pillar to post. 300 cats on one side of
the hall and one VERY brave sparrow on the other.
How V onnegut! I began to consider the cat show
from that point o f view , and ev entually cam e up with
the low , long-in-erupting snicker that is intrinsic to
thinking along the same lines as The M aster.
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