The life and death of the Nine Lives Cat in an instant

A scene a while ago was shocking and remained in my heart for a long time. From time to time I think, I think, I have to record it.

I came back from practicing that day, rode my electric car into the roundabout, turned half a circle, and the turbulent traffic made it impossible for me to drive out of the roundabout. I parked and waited.

A cat came across the road, but not facing me. Its posture is noble, its coat is white, it seems to be a little blind, and it does not pay attention to the traffic around it. While dodging the vehicle, it continued to pace forward, sometimes leaping, sometimes creeping, like a well-trained special forces soldier.

When it came to the middle of the road, it found that I was looking at it, and it also looked at me. She lowered her body, her front feet supporting her whole body. Without a single obstacle, my gaze met it, and in the next instant, misfortune happened.

A motorcycle did not seem to notice its presence, and collided directly with the cat, and the sound of the car around it made the cat's feeling numb, and for a moment it could not react, it was suddenly knocked off, it rolled in the air, and then fell to the ground. I could see it staring blankly at the sky without moving a moment. The motorcycle that hit it was stunned at first, but it was still indifferent, and finally mixed into the traffic and disappeared.

I stared at the cat, and on the ground it looked so white, without a trace of blood, and it was still a white cat. It lay there, letting the vehicles around it pass by, as if the numbness of the senses before it was born, as if it were more pleasant.

I still can't forget the eyes it looked into my eyes, which were firm eyes, and in that instant it saw me, and I saw it accordingly. But don't cats have nine lives? It should have to stand up again!

Perhaps, I ignored its gaze eight times.

2021.10.05