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We live in one of the tiny apartments in a multi-storeyed building complex that provides shelter to a number of middle-class families. But, the members of the family Felis Domestica who have taken a fancy to our complex might very well outnumber the members of Homo Sapiens. Because these quadrupeds with retractable claws, who can boast of their country cousins- Lions, Tigers, Lynxes, and Ocelots fear no one in our vicinity. The increasing feline population possessing nine lives up their claws bothers everyone but provides comic relief to many.

These cats in our avenue have their own strict demarcations about territory. The ground floor, first and second-floor mousers keep to their floors except for hungry forays into the kitchens across the lines of control. The terrace is exclusively reserved for the young ones and occasionally used by the aristocrats from the erstwhile Siam for body lickings and sunbaths. Some of the tomcats find cozy corners for a purring sleep in places where there isn’t room to swing a cat in, such as the watchman’s cabin, where they might have found the poor fellow catnapping. God has gifted these cats with two voice boxes one for purring and another for meowing and a few of the feline sopranos in our locality keep all the residents awake with their nocturnal orchestras on special occasions.

Some of the residents who wish to be clean as a cat in pattens get irritated when these grey cats mess up their things. The hawks among the residents strongly feel that these cats should be driven out with a cat o’nine tails. But the doves are undecided waiting to see which way the cat jumps. Well, we don’t know who will be called to bell the cat!

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Entry #33481 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Amey Kant
Amey Kant
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हम लोग बहुमंज़िला इमारतों के समूह में एक छोटे से अपार्टमेंट में रहते हैं जो कई मध्य-वर्गीय परिवारों को रहने की सुविधा देता है।
Flows well
Ashutosh Mitra
कुछ बिलौटे खर्राटे वाली गहरी नींद के लिए ऐसे आरामदायक कोने भी ढूँढ लेते हैं जहाँ किसी बिल्ली को घुसने के लिए जगह नहीं होती, जैसे चौकीदार का केबिन,
Flows well
Ashutosh Mitra
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हम एक बहुमंजिला अपार्टमेंट कॉम्प्लेक्स के एक छोटे-से फ्लैट में रहते हैं जहाँ कई मध्यम वर्ग के लोगों ने अपना आशियाना बनाया है।
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लेकिन फेलिस डोमेस्टिका ‘घराने‘ के कुछ सदस्यों ने हमारे इस कॉम्प्लेक्स में गहरी रूचि ले ली है, इतनी कि इनकी संख्या यहाँ बसे होमो सेपियन्स की संख्या को करीब-करीब पार ही कर चुकी है
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Ashutosh Mitra
कुछ सफाई-पसंद निवासियों और हर चीज पर हाथ साफ करती इन धूसर बिल्लियों के बीच अक्सर चूहे-बिल्ली का बैर पैदा हो जाता है।
Flows well
Ashutosh Mitra
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Shoma
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Entry3.002.75 (4 ratings)3.25 (4 ratings)
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लेकिन, फेलिस डोमेस्टिका के सदस्यों को हमारा कॉम्प्लेक्स पसंद आया है और ऐसा संभव है कि इनके सदस्यों की संख्या होमो सेपिएन्स के सदस्यों से कहीं ज़्यादा हो।
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Entry #32951 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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लेकिन हमारे कॉम्पलेक्स के दीवाने बन चुके फ़ेलिस डॉमेस्टिका कुनबे के सदस्य संख्या बल में होमो सेपियंस को बाकायदा पछाड़ सकते हैं।
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