Today we let little Simon Le Bon outside for the first time (Simon the kitten, that is. Not the guy from Duran Duran, as obviously we haven't tied him up in our apartment or anything...honest).
Anyway, little Simon was overwhelmed by the new world he found himself in. He stepped tentatively across the grass as if it was snow, reluctantly chewed some flowers, and followed a mysterious cat through the undergrowth as if he'd just discovered that he wasn't the only one of his species on earth. Which I guess he had.
His reaction gave rise to a weird and scary thought ... what if we also live in our own little apartment worlds, and unbeknownst to us, there's a whole different dimension outside. I mean, it's not beyond the realms of scientific possibility that there are things we don't understand. We don't even really understand quantum physics. Some people still don't believe in evolution for chrissakes. I think the current state of the environment goes to show that, as a species, our understanding of the natural world is pretty pathetic.
So, while I have no idea what this other world might be, it just made me think, that maybe we shouldn't take everything for granted. Scary, but kind of comforting. And that's what I learnt from a small cat.
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