你戀上貓，是否因?yàn)楸凰麄兦臒o聲息的神秘所吸引，是否因?yàn)槌磷碛谒麄兠恳徊介g的優(yōu)雅姿態(tài)，還是因?yàn)槊詰偎麄兡欠路鹉芸创┠阈乃嫉难劬Α瓙圬堭B(yǎng)貓之人不只是愛貓，而是迷戀關(guān)于貓的一切，面對(duì)貓，他們似乎毫無招架之力，只能不知不覺淪陷……

Right under our nose in our home cities and town on our sofas and lap a quiet invasion has been taking place. The cat is now officially the most popular pet in the Western world. In Britain alone it's reckoned there are 12 million cat a vast,softly purring army which it seems we are utterly powerless to resist.

We don't have a cat. Well, not any more. For 18 years we had a gorgeous cat called The Bee. When he died, I missed him more than I could ever have imagined. I still think about him every day. We even gave him a little gravestone.

People say that you choose a dog, but the cat chooses you. And people say that cats are 1)aloof. Well I don't know about that, all I know is that The Bee, our beloved cat, was much more than a pet, he was a friend. We loved him dearly. And do you know, I think he loved us dearly too.

And yet I wonder if I ever really knew The Bee any more than I know the neighbourhood cats that now wander through our garden. Unlike dog so much of what cats do is secret and 2)nocturnal. Mysterious. It helps to explain why some people find them so disturbing. And why so many others find cats irresistible.