Smart Animals

Animals are smarter than we think they are. This morning, I was awoken by a jarring metallic noise coming from the balcony. I was surprised to see that that the source of the noise was an angry mynah bird, perched on the bamboo pole we use for drying out clothes. He or she had flown in to confront my cat, Miu Miu who spends his mornings over at the kitchen window starring out at the mynah's nest on the air-conditioner box just out of reach. The two were locked in a long stare until the mynah swooped down on him, and Miu Miu ever timid, already intimidated by the strange alien noise, retreated and ran behind me. Mynah 1 Miu Miu 0.