I Want the Real Thing or Nothing At All

So often when something is amazing you will find copies of it - knockoffs, generics, fakes.

Sometimes they are acceptable substitutes.

More often than not,  we reject the imitations.

We yearn for something better. 

We just want "the real thing".

I discovered today that this is true of the animal kingdom as well.

This is a cat toy that can be seen on the floor of our house.

I always wondered how people come up with ideas for cat toys.

Do they just stick a bunch of feathers on something to make it alluring to felines?

This morning, as I was headed to the basement to change a load of laundry, I discovered another cat toy on the landing.

It was smaller than the one above.  I didn't remember buying it.

I picked it up and came to the realization this was no "fake".

It was, indeed, the real thing.

I haven't found any evidence of a slaughter inside my house,

so I assume this toy was "made" outside and brought inside

as a toy.

Sorry Maddie.

Please keep these playthings outside.