I am told this occurred because Hili heard Malgorzata and Andrzej talking about my own “albatross,” and so the cat decided that she must have seen one of the birds.
Hili: I’ve seen an albatross over the river.
A: Maybe it was a seagull.
Hili: Maybe.
In Polish:
Hili: Widziałam nad rzeką albatrosa.
Ja: Może to była mewa?
Hili: Może.
Very impressionable, isn’t she? 🙂
Isn’t the fine phylogeny of birds a bit of an ill-resolved mess, so Hili may be right?
It’s a comin’! The albatross that is. Hopefully it won’t be too long before it morphs into a soaring eagle or peregrine…
Can she see nightjars? 🙂
Alas, no. She ated them all, so there’s none left to see….
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