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Оглавление‘Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything.’
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
Whenever anything new is introduced to the home, the cat invariably wants to find out more. It looks, it watches, it sniffs. If it is food and shopping bags, the cat will be quick to detect any wafts of fresh fish or other cat delicacy. Or if it is soft furnishings, again the cat will be keen to investigate and possibly view it as a place to nestle, sleep or possibly scratch. Even a new washing machine could come in for a thorough sniffing before the cat decides that washing machines are not really a cat thing.
By noticing and investigating, the cat learns, discovers and sometimes benefits. And so it is with us. Rather than close our minds to anything new that comes along, we should at least try to find out more. It’s by being curious, by asking, by taking a look and having an open mind that we learn, grow and ultimately make more of ourselves.
Like a cat, enjoy the thrill of discovery.
