你恋上猫，是否因为被他们悄无声息的神秘所吸引，是否因为沉醉于他们每一步间的优雅姿态，还是因为迷恋他们那仿佛能看穿你心思的眼睛……爱猫养猫之人不只是爱猫，而是迷恋关于猫的一切，面对猫，他们似乎毫无招架之力，只能不知不觉沦陷……

Right under our nose in our home cities and town on our sofas and lap a quiet invasion has been taking place. The cat is now officially the most popular pet in the Western world. In Britain alone it's reckoned there are 12 million cat a vast,softly purring army which it seems we are utterly powerless to resist.

We don't have a cat. Well, not any more. For 18 years we had a gorgeous cat called The Bee. When he died, I missed him more than I could ever have imagined. I still think about him every day. We even gave him a little gravestone.

People say that you choose a dog, but the cat chooses you. And people say that cats are 1)aloof. Well I don't know about that, all I know is that The Bee, our beloved cat, was much more than a pet, he was a friend. We loved him dearly. And do you know, I think he loved us dearly too.

And yet I wonder if I ever really knew The Bee any more than I know the neighbourhood cats that now wander through our garden. Unlike dog so much of what cats do is secret and 2)nocturnal. Mysterious. It helps to explain why some people find them so disturbing. And why so many others find cats irresistible.