Last night I had a strange dream of a cat. My husband and I sometimes take care of seven cats from a family we are friends with. One of those is “Whiskey”. Some years ago we saw him at the window when we passed by. Even though there are several cats living there, only he came to us when we called. Because we never gave him any food at the window, we thought that it must be friendship. All cats living there are former stray cats and it could be said that that apartment is a kind of cat asylum. This family also gave some cats to other people and maybe thereby Whiskey thought we could adopt him. The owner also said we could adopt Whiskey but unfortunately my husband has strong cat allergy and so we cannot have any.
Yesterday I dreamt of “Whiskey”. In that dream there was a party at that apartment. The owner family, many friends and both of us were there. I do not know why but I held Whiskey in my arms wrapped in a blanket. Actually it is really difficult to hold him because this place is a kind of asylum and the pets do not have a very strong relationship with owners and so being held by someone is very unusual for him. In my arms inside the blanket he was peaceful and still almost like a doll. His eyes were milky white and strange. My husband and I said goodbye to the family and returned to our place with Whiskey. I cleaned his eyes and the usual Whiskey colour returned which made us happy. I woke up with the joyful feeling of a cat being in the home.
And then today afternoon we received a message from Whiskey’s owner and surprisingly they went to see a veterinarian doctor with him. Recently he lost some weight and they were somewaht worried about that. Thankfully the checkup did not reveal any reason for worrying. When I got that message I had to associate it with my dream and that really surprised me. Since he was doing better in the dream and also doing ok in reality, our joy was double. I could not stop thinkng that there really are inexplicable things.
Soon there will be Easter holidays when they will go to the countryside again and we will again be able to take care of those cats. I am looking forward to it!
昨夜、猫が出てくる奇妙な夢を見ました。夫と私は、しばしば知人の家に七匹の猫の世話に行っています。その中の一匹が「ウイスキー」です。この家の前を私達が初めて通りかかった時に窓辺で見た猫です。それ以来、内にはたくさん他の猫がいるのに、私達が呼ぶと、彼だけがほとんどいつも出てくるようになりました。窓辺で私達は決しては食べ物を与えないので、出てきてくれる理由は「好意」なのだろうと思いたいです。ここの猫は皆、もと野良猫で、今は一種の避難所暮らしをしているような感じです。他の人達に引き取られた猫もいるそうです。ウイスキーはそれを見ていて、私達に引き取って欲しいと思ったのかも知れません。飼い主も、私達に彼をくれると言いましたが、私の夫が猫アレルギー持ちなので、飼うことができません。
昨夜の夢にこのウイスキーがいたのです。猫たちのアパートの中でパーティーが催されていて、飼い主家族と大勢の彼らのお友達、そして夫と私がいました。私は何故かウイスキーを布に包んで腕に抱いています。実は、ウイスキーは抱っこが大嫌い。猫の避難所のような飼い方をしているので、飼い主は愛玩動物としての密な接し方をしていないのです。ウイスキーは、いつもはすぐに暴れ出すのに、この時は私の腕の中で縫いぐるみのようにじっとおとなしくしています。それに奇妙なことに目が乳白色になってます。私達は飼い主家族に挨拶をして、ウイスキーと一緒に自宅に帰りました。彼の目をそっと拭うと元通りの綺麗なウイスキー色の瞳に戻り、とても嬉しかったです。家の中に猫がいる喜びに浸りながら目が覚めました。
そして今日の午後、ウイスキーの飼い主からeメールが届き、ウイスキーをお医者さんに連れて行った、というので大変驚きました。最近痩せてきたので心配をして受診させたのだが、大して異常はなかったとのこと。私は夢と結びつけずにいられませんでした。夢の中でも良い結果だったので、喜びが二重に感じられるようでした。不思議なことって本当にあるんですね。
もうすぐ復活祭の休暇。その期間、また家族揃って田舎に行くので、猫達の世話をお願いします、とメールは結ばれていました。今からとっても楽しみです。
Picture by Yuka Simeno
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