Scene: Midsummer. Rusty is off on one of his exploratory wanders. He leaves the house, crosses the road (a cul-de-sac) ignoring the neighbours immediately opposite – he knows their house and two cats well, not to mention what their food and litter tray are like – and veers off left towards May’s house, an old lady who moved in a few days ago, and lives alone. She’s a friendly soul who, it was discovered later, liked to leave her front door open in good weather; but at the time nobody knew her and it was a novelty.
Without so much as a by-your-leave Rusty saunters into her house, tail high up in the air, giving May barely a cursory glance where she is sitting in her armchair watching TV. Startled, May gets out of her chair to follow him curiously and with increasing amusement as she notices him go methodically into each room, walk round the perimeter of every one, meticulously sniffing every item of furniture encountered, and with mounting interest, everything in the kitchen that might hold some nutritional value.
Arms akimbo, May asks him if there’s anything she can help him with. Without even acknowledging her presence, Rusty jumps up to the sink and hops out of the open window, tail still up in the air.
May returns laughing to the television set.
Translation: Banjo, there’s good news and bad news – she has no dogs or anything, but she doesn’t leave food lying around either.
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