The last orange cat Omega [Interstellar]

Humans are strange creatures, weirder and elusive than kittens.

DouDou was easily dismissed by Hailou with a piece of jerky the size of a claw. At this time, he had obediently returned to his bedroom, lying on the hill of pillows.He pondered this eternal mystery in his mind.

For example, Hailou admits that he also thinks Doudou's human form is very good-looking, so why did he strongly demand that Doudou return to the animal form of a kitten?

What's even more strange is that it was Hailou himself who told DouDou that the poisonous weeds prepared by the panda steward were unpalatable and unnecessary, so why did Hailou eat them all without changing his face? And summoned the butler to refill another large plate?

After thinking about it for a while, I still couldn't figure it out.He shook his head, rolled over in the pillows, and decided to put the puzzles aside.

In any case, as a responsible kitten, since he has made up his mind to end this human being, he should tolerate these small shortcomings of his own human being.What's more, his human shortcomings are only the size of a sesame seed, but his whole person is as good as the moon, and he doesn't need to care about those insignificant problems at all.

Due to the high affirmation received from Hailou before going to bed, DouDou feels extra satisfied with himself today.Full of praise and love for himself, the little cat fell into a sweet dream.He pouted his mouth around, spit out a small pink tongue, folded his two front paws obediently on the fur belly, and slept defenselessly.

If someone asks about the omens when DouDou enters the dreamland, it will be difficult for him to distinguish the beginning and end of the journey in the dream.For him, there is no absolute boundary between dreams and reality. Dreams are equally real and can bring the same joy and happiness.

Tonight, DouDou also came to the dreamland without any effort.Only this time, the scene he constructed in his dream seemed to be different.

DouDou in the dream—of course, he didn't realize that he was in the dream—was standing in a study-like room.This study is somewhat similar to the study in Hailou, but it looks more simple and real.The indoor windows are bright and clean, and there are birds singing and flowers smelling outside the windows, it seems to be the summer of Maochun.

DouDou nimbly jumped onto the window sill and looked out through the bright glass.

A huge old camphor tree blocked most of his view.The branches are lush and intertwined, cutting the sky and sunlight into thin fragments, passing through the gaps, and casting mottled light spots on the lawn.

In Doudou's memory, Maochun's summer is composed of countless cicadas, fresh and juicy bugs, large white clouds, sudden rainstorms, and ever-changing green.

He stared blankly at all this.The scene in front of him was so vivid and familiar, as if it was a memory engraved deep in his soul, as if it was the life he should have.

Just as he was in a daze, a dull turtledove suddenly popped its head out from among the bushes.The feathers around its neck are surrounded by a regular circle of small white spots, like a string of beautiful pearl necklaces.The turtledove murmured twice, suddenly caught the sight of the kitten, shrank back suddenly, and disappeared.

Doudou's train of thought was interrupted in this way, and he quickly came back to his senses.He squinted and scoffed at the silly neighbor's behavior.

"If I wanted to eat you," Doudou Miaomiao grumbled, "my claws would have pulled out all your feathers long ago."

"Who do you want to bully?"

A pair of big hands descended from the sky, picked him up from under Dou Dou's ribs, supported Dou Dou's butt (butt), and hugged the kitten in his arms.

"Aren't there enough cans and snacks at home for you to eat? Still thinking about the neighbors. Don't forget what I told you, neighbors can't eat."

Meow!

DouDou was so surprised that he closed his ears, and subconsciously wanted to resist, but his body moved one step ahead of his head, and became soft and relaxed involuntarily.

Huh?

DouDou stupidly raised his head and looked up from the bottom, only to see a clean chin.

Ah, it turned out to be Hailou.

Doudou flicked the tip of his tail leisurely, making a flattering meowing sound.

"I don't want to eat my neighbor," he excused sheepishly. "I'm a friendly kitten."

Hailou seemed to smile at him.

His humans are so nice.

But the sea building in front of me is a bit strange.He was wearing ordinary clothes that were not interstellar attire, and there was a faint fragrance of laundry detergent and sunlight mixed with him.Doudou was a little dazed, in a trance, he seemed to have returned to Mao Chun...

Still, is there anything wrong with that?He asked himself, shouldn't I be living in Maochun?Am I not supposed to stay with my humans?

I should live in Maochun, Doudou thought for sure, because I was originally a stray kitten belonging to Maochun.

But it's really strange, Hailou can understand what I say?

Why can he understand my meow?

Wait, it seems that Hailou can understand. After all, we have talked so many times, so there is nothing strange about it.

Shaking his head around, he decided not to worry about these insignificant details.The most important thing now is that his stomach is hungry.

"Did you hear the sound?"

"what sound?"

"The sound of belly drumming." DouDou lowered his head and patted his belly with his paw in embarrassment, "It's empty."

Hailou said helplessly, "You just finished eating dim sum two hours ago."

Doudou counted carefully with his paws, and protested, "Hasn't it been two hours?"

Hailou laughed when he heard the words, and said: "I taught you arithmetic before, but you were always unwilling to learn it, and you would never learn it. You are very active in using these things, you little fool."

"I'm not stupid," Doudou hummed, "I'm not an egg either."

After a while, he recalled it, and said strangely: "You taught me arithmetic before? Why did you teach me arithmetic? Are you stupid? I'm just a kitten, how can I learn?"

Hailou said, "Why can't the little cat learn? Not only do you need to learn arithmetic, but you also need to recognize characters. Let's not talk about it, come here quickly, and we will start studying in the afternoon. Today you must learn to recognize at least three characters." OK."

DouDou stared at the humans in shock, showing an expression of disbelief.

My meow, meow, what did I hear just now, why did my human being say such a sensational thing?

DouDou looked at his humans eagerly, trying to make humans change their minds.However, his ruthless human being was unmoved. After hugging DouDou to the desk, he spread out the pen and paper, and actually began to write.

Dou Dou's limbs were stiff, and the whole cat seemed to have been beaten to the ground.

Doudou waited for a while without giving up, then moved to Hailou's hand coquettishly, and called softly: "Do you know that it is illegal to force a kitten to study."

"Oh, what law did you violate?" Hailou raised his head and looked at Doudou with a smile.

Doudou rolled his eyeballs, racked his brains for a long time, and said hesitatingly: "Maybe it is "Maochun After the Founding of the People's Republic of China, adult kittens are not allowed to learn the protection law."

"Bullshit."

Hailou raised his arm and tapped on DouDou's head twice.

"Other people's cats already know how to recite the Analects of Confucius and the Three Character Classic, and you can't even recognize the first page of the copybook." Hailou said, "It was my fault in the past that I spoiled you too much. As long as you play tricks, I will Indulge you, let you be playful and not study. From today on, we must discipline ourselves more strictly, study hard, and strive to be a great kitty."

"Aren't I good? I can catch mice, I can dig out bird's nests, I can even catch butterflies, spiders and cockroaches are no problem. If there are mosquitoes bullying you, I will be more accurate than any mosquito repellent method." It works. Am I not good enough?"

DouDou tried hard to squeeze out the tears, making the eye sockets wet, looking pitiful.Hailou laughed, and said, "You haven't learned anything else, but you did a good job with emoji packs, and you've always been ahead of the other kitties. It would be great if you had such determination and interest in learning."

After finishing speaking, Hailou stopped writing and looked at his own handwriting with satisfaction for a while.Then, he stretched out his hand to hold Doudou in his arms, pinched one of the kitten's front paws, and clicked a word on the paper.

"This word is pronounced cat, the cat of a kitten."

DouDou glanced listlessly, and was immediately taken aback.

This word is too complicated!Countless lines crumpled into a ball, just like a prank.

"You lied to me," Doudou stared at Hailou suspiciously, "This is not a word at all."

Hailou laughed, and asked back: "Why isn't it a character? If it's not a Chinese character, then what do you think it is?"

DouDou shook his head and spoke his own big truth.

"Look, this thing has a lot of gestures, horizontal strokes and vertical strokes, and it feels completely irregular. It is very round and has many lines, so I don't think it is the word 'cat'..."

Doudou raised his head, looked at the humans firmly, and said firmly, "This word means 'ball of yarn'."

Hailou was amused by DouDou's imagination, hugged the kitten, and kissed it hard on the cheek.

"Then you can treat it as a ball of yarn. In the definition of us humans, a kitten is a ball of yarn."

Doudou was even more sad when he heard the words, and muttered softly: "So I'm just a ball of wool. Ball of wool is a curse word for cats. Human beings are too bad. I don't want to learn."

As he spoke, Doudou struggled vigorously, trying to pull his claws out of the human hand.Seeing this, Hailou quickly moved the back of Doudou's head, and coaxed softly: "The ball of wool is not a word to scold cats, nor is it a bad word. It is a symbol of cuteness, just because the kitten is too cute, humans really can't think of it." There are other suitable nouns to describe you, so I want to use a word that is as complicated as a ball of yarn to describe you. Besides, don’t you also like playing with balls of yarn, don’t you have a name that is highly related to yourself? Is it good too?"

"Really?" Dougou tilted his head and shook his beard unhappily, "Don't lie to me, I'm easy to lie to."

"It's true," Hailou comforted the smooth-haired kitten gently, "You can understand it that way. Of course, the actual situation is more complicated than this."

Hailou guided him to put Doudou's paws on the ball of "yellow ball" just now, and continued to explain: "This word is pronounced cat. Its origin is not wool ball, but it is also related to the habits of kittens." You can see that its radical is an anti-dog, which also looks like a paw, which means that cats belong to small animals, and almost all small animals will carry this radical. The right radical is a word 'Miao', cat from the sound of Miao. Miao also represents the field, which means that the little cat is a good mouse catcher."

Doudou raised the corners of his mouth triumphantly, and said proudly: "That's right, I'm a little expert."

"Then do you like cat characters?"

"I like it!" Doudou said loudly.

He was short, and lightly arched Gong Hailou's palm with the top of his head, urging: "Tell me again, and talk to me again."

"Don't you think the word cat is too complicated now?"

Hailou deliberately teased Doudou, and poked Doudou's wet nose with his fingers.

"I'm so smart," Doudou said with his nostrils in the air, "Since I want to learn, I naturally want to learn things that other cats can't. The more complicated the better."

Hailou raised his forehead and sighed, "Fortunately, our Chinese characters have been simplified, otherwise you would cry."

Doudou snorted loudly.He squinted and squeezed out a disdainful emoji titled "That's it?"

……

Doudou wakes up from the dreamland, for a while, he doesn't know what time it is.He lay limply on the edge of the bed, hung his head in the air, and woke up in a daze for a while.

Suddenly, a thought crackled like a flash of lightning, and before it dissipated, it was quickly slapped down by the little claws in Dou Dou's head.

Hey!

Using all fours together, Dou Dou sprang out of the room, and blew towards Hai Lou like a gust of orange whirlwind.

"I know! I know!" Doudou shouted loudly.

He rushed towards Hailou while aiming at the human arms, without even braking, he jumped up and fired (fired), and hit Zhonghailou's chest straight, making a muffled bang.

The little cat exerted too much force, and it was confiscated for a while, its waist and limbs were folded horizontally, and the whole cat's head was thrown down and turned upside down.

Rarely, Hailou showed a bit of distress, he hurriedly caught the kitten's ball, turned it upside down, found the kitten's head, and made him stand upright on his lap.

DouDou was hit so dizzy that even his ears turned upside down.However, as soon as he stood still, he didn't care to catch his breath, and called out again: "I know!"

"What do you know?" Hailou asked, and moved the folded ear of Doudou.

DouDou squinted his eyes, showed a sly smile, raised a paw, approached Hailou, and said mysteriously: "I see, the word on that book is 'cat'."

cat?

Hailou didn't understand at first, after thinking about it for a while under Doudou's hint, he quickly realized it, and couldn't help showing a surprised look.

What Doudou was talking about was "that" book, the most special book in Morton's library, the book that Hailou tried to decipher but couldn't get it right.

A certain ancestor who was selected as the fire seed of the earth followed the spaceship and set off to wander in space.Lack of supplies, threat to survival, precarious.In such a difficult time, he/she still managed to bring a private book and keep it properly. It has been handed down to this day, and it has become one of the only remaining complete books in the empire.

And in this book, the word that appears repeatedly is "cat".

The author has something to say:

Doudou: The case has been solved, the ancestors were also cat slaves!

Hailou: ...I don't know why, but I feel a sense of relief.

Doudou: I didn't expect, I didn't expect that you, Hailou, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be envious of other people's cats.I don't believe that anyone's kitten can recite the Analects of Confucius, can yours do it?can you?ah?