Morning Ritual

Basically every morning looks about the same:
anywhere between 7:30-9:00am, I acquire a growth on my midsection; a furry growth.
Said growth will appear, just being there -

staring at me for while....

       staring....
                 staring....
                          staring....

When he sees that he is getting nowhere with the staring approach, he will close his eyes and begin to slowly inch forward a bit, making a chuntering chirp noise.

            inch...   chirp
                       inch...    chirrrp
                                  inch...    chirp-chirp

Then one of those innocent looking paws - so soft and cute,

            will slowly,   slowly,    sloooowly...

move forward until:

                    schmoink -

             I now have a paw attached to my lips.


The paw will remain there for a short time.
If nothing happens at this point, then the claws will slowly, carefully, make their way out:

         stick...  retract...  
                       stick...   retract
                                      stick... retract...

Until finally I give in, and scratch him for a few minutes.
After all, this is all the little guys wanted!

              scratch -
                      scratch -
                            scratch


"yea, that's what I am talking about!"  purrrrrrr
"Excellent, thank you, that will do."

For a few minutes...
     
                            inch...   chirp