Controversy Again

Now I never knew organising these Feline Olympics was going to be such a headache.

We held the heats of the swimming yesterday and we went down to the beach to do it so we could have free water swimming. I don't know where they charge you to use the water but anything free always sounds good to me.

Now you may not know this but some cats have a dislike of water. It is not general amongst our race like some of the two legs think but some of us genuinely are afraid of water. I had to chose the participants for the water events very carefully. Last thing I wanted was a commotion over someone being afraid to swim in a swimming event!

I did well and we had two of the best swimmers in the county going head to head for the medal.

I gave the starting orders and off they went - but before they had had time to complete the first lap up popped Selwyn Sealion to claim victory. I had to grant him the medal as he had completed the course fastest of any; that's when the controversy started again.

Sirius a beautifully groomed Siamese who was favourite to win came out of the water and confronted me immediately.

"He cannot be given a medal in the feline Olympics. He is not a feline"

I was about to acknowledge this point when Selwyn slithered over. "If I am not a feline can you explain my name please?"

"Er Selwyn ?" I stumbled.

"No! Stupid cat I am a sea lion. Lion do you hear? Lion the king of the cats in the jungle. If a lion is not a cat what is?"

Now this is where logic often defies me. Of course he was right. A lion is the king of cats so a lion that lives in the sea must be a cat. And yet Selwyn had no characteristics of a cat.

Sirius was about to make the same point when Selwyn anticipated and countered "Look at my face I have the whiskers of a cat. Tell me another animal that is not a feline that has whiskers like that"

That was it. I wasn't about to argue. Selwyn had the medal and slithered back into the sea. Sirius came home with us and loaned all the way about incompetent refereeing and I vowed not to undertake another Olympics for at least 4 years