Bigger on the inside isn’t just a phrase for the TARDIS. It can apply to some people – tiny individuals with a very large presence. My sister and the tiny child are both small of stature yet seem so much bigger. It can also apply to some animals. Roxie, our second oldest cat, is such an animal. At barely over 4 lbs, she is the smallest of our seven fully grown cats. In fact, the next smallest adult cat in our house is twice her size. Most of the adult cats are three times her size . . . or more. The size differences don’t seem to matter. Roxie is only wary of one cat: Jack. All the rest bow before her.
Roxie is a disciplinarian with the other cats. If she is displeased with them, she rears back on her hind legs and bats them with her tiny paws. They quickly cease the activity that has displeased her. They don’t seem to notice that they are two to three times her size. She commands and they obey.
Roxie was a rescue cat given to my youngest. In her first year she was kept apart from the other cats we had at the same time. When my youngest had to go out of town for several months, the tiny child and I eagerly brought her into the fold and started training her. Still, Roxie firmly claimed my youngest as her own – until last year. Slowly and steadily, Roxie started spending more and more time with me.
Since moving into our house, Roxie spends every night in my bed. She likes to curl up on my left shoulder and nap while I’m reading. When she is cold, she lets me draw the covers over her as she snuggles in. Roxie doesn’t like to be picked up but if she climbs on me, she will stay there until I move.
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In a house full of large cats, Roxie is a delicate princess. She has some Devon Rex in her genetic history with a slight kink to her calico fur. She is our tiny cat with a huge personality.