10000 steps a day

By Robert the Cat

If myPerson's addiction to walking thanks to her smartband persists I might have to give the iPad a go. 

For my daily naps, I luckily can still snuggle up with my brother Jacob.


I actually owe Jacob because he taught me the "belly-rub, please" movement trick. Or HE of course doesn't know it is a trick nor that I learned it from him 'cause he actually enjoys belly-rubs. 




What Jacob does is to roll over on his back whenever a human approaches him (unless he detects the human as an unknown one -then he runs away).

I noticed Jacob's strategy worked really well so I adopted it immediately. 

Here's how it works: I walk in front of the human I wish to impress, I lift my tail and make the friendly curve at the top of my tail (it's like the question mark but without the dot -or OK, you can see the dot too sometimes, depending on where you're standing), then -swoosh!  -I turn over on my back, with all four paws in the air. 

It works every time! God bless Jacob.

I only use this trick on myPerson because she knows I want attention, no belly-rubs for me, please. In fact, I hate belly-rubs. I tolerate a few but a cat has his limits. 

Few humans understand this. But I never confront them because of their ignorance, I prefer to simply leave the scene.

I remain optimistic of getting myPerson back full-time as my cuddly human. Despite a week of trying, she still hasn't managed to reach the required 10'000 steps a day and the "WELLY" app she downloaded for inspiration has started to annoy her. This Welly mascot just cries and squeaks and it takes ages to reach a new level (unless you're a walkaholic, but myPerson luckily isn't -or at least, hasn't been until now...).




So I'm biding my time. We cats are good at waiting.

-Robert