When she was a couple of months old I saw her stand beside a litter tray where Banjo was doing a pooh. Then I noticed her head was under his tail, watching as it emerged. She soon became a feline authority on the things humans do in private as well as in public.
From a very young age she showed independence, wandering off on her own and leaving behind a lonely little brother. I would find him crying, and then I lifted him or took him to find his sister.
Sherpa was the one who discovered that the chain on the back door could be used as a knocker with which to gain attention when she wanted to go out.
One evening, when I was with Banjo at the front of the house I noticed her coming towards us with something in her mouth. It was an empty bird's nest, made of moss and feathers. She laid it on the ground and began to pull it apart.
Once, while she was not yet two years of age, she found an elastic band and picked it up with her teeth. Holding down the free end with her paw she pulled the elastic and found it stretched. She let it go, picked it up again and repeated the experiment. She did this several times, stretching the elastic a bit more each time. When the band finally broke she ate it.
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