My friend walks past my house most mornings as she takes her daughters to school.  And most mornings my cat spends the hour between 8.00 and 9.00am gazing dreamily out of the window, gawping at passersby.  Recently, one of my friend’s daughters said she saw ‘fatty’ (yes that’s his name) smiling at her.

I pondered this for a time – perhaps it is like the question – ‘do bears S*** in the woods’? We know they probably do, but we never see it happen.  So I reckon my cat does smile at the children as they pass by, but only briefly and not while the parents are looking.

I have attempted a cartoon strip that illustrates how I think it happens… It needs some work, but here is the first attempt.