The Cat Cycle

Stage 1: Cat demands to be petted with insistent meows.

Stage 2: Cat receives petting and scratchings.

Stage 3: Cat gets excited about petting and scoots out of arm's reach.

Stage 4: Petting ends. Human shrugs, returns to work.

Stage 5: Cat becomes upset and mystified that petting has ended.

Stage 6: Cat returns to Stage 1.

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