My cat Smarty is back. She has forgiven me and is back on my shoulder. The rest of the time she is with Alexa (Lexxa), my oldest cat. Lexxa is now fixed, but she has had many litters. As she matured she developed an unusual practice - at least I'd never seen it before. Alexa had babysitters for her kittens. She would inlist a cat from the previous litter to watch the kittens while she was out. One time it was a male cat. He was funny... He was all nervous about it - ''What do I do?' he would have said. But he did do what his mother told him and soon became comfortable with the new kittens. And then - one day I was sitting on the couch watching TV and Lexxa brought a kitten on my lap, then another, then another. I was the designated babysitter!