My cat sticks his paw in various water bowls to clean his paw. He’ll dip his paw; then lick it clean.
Our cat wakes us at 4:00 to 5:00 whenever he hears the birds or sees a bit of sunlight. He’ll come up between us and purr and rest for awhile. (Purr machines keep us both awake. And then he’ll take to tackling feet under covers, at which point I get up and close him out until we get up around 7:30.
I’ve got a Tuxedo that around 5:00am (luckily it’s darker later now) stares at me. If he sense ANY movement, he starts whining for me to feed him. I just put him outside the bedroom door and go back to sleep crazy kitteh.