Posted on 05/03/2012 6:02:25 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Quietly strolling between the aisles of books he doesn’t cause much trouble.
In fact most of the time he just enjoys a sit, curled up on the chairs, listening to others read.
But this visitor of Bungay Library doesn’t have a library card and certainly won’t be taking any books away with him – because he’s a cat.
The black cat has been visiting the library, in Wharton Street, for about a year, and library manager Amanda King says he has become a very familiar sight.
“It used to live quite locally so it used to pop in and have a pat, but then its owners moved quite a way away,” she said.
“It’s not here everyday but several times a week it comes in and makes itself at home, often going upstairs and sitting on a sofa to be patted and petted.”
She added: “It really ferries attention, coming inside and sitting on newspapers and on computer keyboards.”
(Excerpt) Read more at edp24.co.uk ...
I’ve never heard of the Bungay library but I have heard of, and heard, the Bungay Jar wind blow in Easton, NH.
Lucky this is in the UK. Here in the US, the county code enforcement officers would probably have stopped this kitty from visiting a library as being unsanitary & a health risk. Things sure have gone nutty in this country!
Cute graphic!
Reminds me of the book: “Dewey The Library Cat” I recommend it to kitty lovers!
Chubby
We have library cats in the OC:
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/feb/18/news/lv-cat18
There was an orange tabby there last time I checked.
Hah! He looks just like the cat in the graphic in post #1.
Reminds me of the book: “Dewey The Library Cat” I recommend it to kitty lovers!
LOVED that book....great story.
Our little local bookshop had a book kitty living there for years. Her name was Footie. Cool cat.
There is a bookstore not far from me, and there was at least one cat there, plus a border collie-mix dog, last time I was there. Made book browsing more fun.
There is a bookstore not far from me, and there was at least one cat there, plus a border collie-mix dog, last time I was there. Made book browsing more fun.
He’s obviously homeless...and he’s crossing busy streets? They should just let him live there permanently before he gets hit!
Its amazing what a dog or a cat can to to most people. Whenever a contractor comes into the lumber yard with his dog, every worker in sight comes over to pet it. The dogs love it and it seems to relax us.
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