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Your cat waits and meows at the door when you arrive. Is it saying:

a) Welcome home

b) The phone rang twice while you were out

c) Feed me

Now your cat meows at the door when you go out. Is it saying:

a) Please don't leave me here all alone

b) Goodbye

c) But what if I get hungry while you're out?

Your cat digs its claws in your leg. Is this:

a) An unsupressed primal instinct

b) A sign of affection

c) A demand to be fed now

Your cat scratches at the door after being fed: Is it saying:

a) Lemme out - I need to use the garden

b) I wanna go out and play

c) Wonder what they've got to eat next door?

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Answers:  Most of the time, the correct answer is C.