near my house is a depression in the landscape, a creek, and around it is thick thick brush, clusters of trees, and thousands of stinging nettles
i woke up hearing the repeated call of a cat, a classic, drawn-out meow.
in my experience, this is a cats call for attention
at first i thought it was my cat. for her to simply not run home, if something is troubling her, means there is some sort of trouble. im not gonna just sit and watch tv, listening to my cat cry out for help
so i go outside, to listen. i notice my own cat is also curious to the meowing
so, after scouting the edge of the bush-pit for some sort of entrance (its very steep) i begin climbing down, and wading through the nettles
i manage to step into the creek, and get my foot soaked. in there, across the creek, is one friendly neighbor cat, which seems uninterested, and leaves. then there is another, smaller, possibly female cat, that seems concerned with my approach
suddenly i notice my kitty has followed me into the brush, and is eagerly exploring along my side
my kitty and the other kitty seem to have a short verbal quarrel, before the other one leaves
so, my only conclusion is that the 2nd, smaller cat i didnt recognize might have gotten itself lost, and is calling out for its owners or something. because she had been calling continously for at least half an hour, before i showed up, and my kitty decided to tell it to piss off out of her back yard :I
"go yell for help somewhere else!" i suspect she said :I