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I used to dislike cats in the past and I don’t really know why. I guess it is maybe because cats are not as friendly as dogs. Or maybe because dog lovers can never be cat lovers both at the same time. Is this a myth? Probably, it is a myth that forces people to choose either cats or dogs.

I started to like cats after I had teased a cat out of boredom last year. This cat is black and white in colour. She always hangs around at the HDB multi-storey car park where I park my car near my house. The cat has been living there since two years ago but I only get close to her recently. I called her ArMeow.

Let me recall how I know ArMeow and how we have become good friends. On a fine Sunday, I was walking towards the staircase after I had parked my car. I turned back and noticed that a black and white stray cat was staring at me. I teased the cat by calling her “Meow Meow”. To my surprise, the cat was running towards me. I was very frightened to see the cat approaching me. Then, I started to make the dog sound : “Woof Woof”. To my surprise again, the cat stopped running immediately.

I was very delighted to see the cat had stopped running. Again, I started to call her “Meow Meow”. As expected, the cat started to run towards me again. Then, I mischieviously repeated the “Meow Meow” here and “Woof Woof” there several times until the cat was running near. I was so frightened and thought that the cat would come and scratch me so I ran away as quickly as I could as if I was running for my life.

A few days later, I went to the car park to get my car. ArMeow – the black and white stray cat appeared suddenly and gave me a shock. I was worrying that she might harm me but she didn’t. She leaned her body against my legs and instantly I can feel that the cat likes me. I found that the cat was cute and lovely when I looked into her dark round eyes. This was the moment that I started to like cats.

ArMeow is different from other cats. She is friendly, lovely and approachable. She would run towards me and lean her body against my legs whenever she sees me at the car park. To me, ArMeow behaves more like a dog than like a cat. She is very doglike and I suspect that ArMeow might be a dog-disguised cat.

ArMeow is my good companion. She keeps me company and chases away my boredom. I like ArMeow very much. Yes, I like cats now.