Cat Meets Bear

I wish, wish, wish we had a video camera for this one... After breakfast out on Saturday we took the opportunity to toy store shop and bought the little pea its first stuffy, a softer than soft little black bear. When we got home, I figured it'd be fun to see who was softer - Oliver or the bear. The introduction was like an episode of Wild Kingdom. Nat pulled the bear out of the bag and Oliver instantly arched his back and put up all his fur. He then slunk down to the floor and slowly, so slowly, approached the intruder, flinching every time we laughed or touched the intruder. He never blinked. When he realized the bear couldn't move of its own accord, he sniffed it all over, tentatively. Apparently it was finally to his liking, because he started to groom the thing! Nat put the bear back in the bag and took it to the closet, and Oliver followed, watching like a hawk. He kept an eye on the closet for the entire night. II can just imagine having to do introductions for every stuffed animal to come...