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The Mysterious Magic of the Cardboard Box
There are times when I’m sure the person who invented cardboard did it for his cat. You don’t have to be a cat owner (ownee, is more like it) to have noticed how an empty cardboard box — of any shape or size — is an instant domestic cat magnet. Case and point…
Studies have been done on this phenomena … I’m sure somewhere, and undoubtedly funded by the government.
When some failed to find the logic and reason behind the feline obsession, they waxed philosophical, interpreting deep meaning in the behavior. Obviously channeled from Obi Wan Catobi. If you don’t know the 21 Lessons You Can Learn From Cats In Boxes, your life is not yet complete. Because…
Cats in boxes aren’t just cute. They’re also infinitely wise.
The inexplicable need humans have for discovering the magic cardboard has over felines can be the only reason lions, tigers, cougars, bobcats and other large cats were exposed to world’s cheapest cat toy. The cardboard box.
The results were unanimous…
Elizabeth Fais 
It is wonderful what you find!
It’s kind of funny. Videos like this one actually find me. I’m not sure what law of the universe (or super power) is happening here, but I’m not going to argue with it. 😉
It must be in their DNA to love a good cardboard box, right? I would add that young kids also like boxes. My kids could spend hours in pretend play with a box, more so than any other toys they had. And the bigger the box, the better. 🙂
PS I love your new author photo!
THANK YOU! I finally got serious about my author photo. I researched local photographers and found a young woman who was reasonable and does terrific work. The “dreaded” experience actually turned out to be FUN. 🙂
Big cardboard boxes make the BEST forts! I used to love building forts when I was a kid. And sitting in large cardboard boxes. Hmmm… I wonder if I have feline DNA? 😉
We had a cat that used to luurrve sitting in Xerox boxes filled with my notes. If I wanted to get at the paperwork I’d have to fish the cat out first. Sometimes, Her Majesty didn’t want to be moved…
You are lucky that your cat didn’t enjoy shredding your notes, while sitting on them. Sitting on and tearing up paper are a cat’s next favorite past times, after sitting and playing in boxes.
Our family cat growing up had a habit of shredding my homework. I am not kidding. Luckily, I was able to get by with recopying it on to fresh paper. I did NOT want to tell my teacher “the cat ate my homework.” 🙂