Ten ways to miaow

Most humans think cats miaow and that's the end of it. But, actually, we make many different kinds of sounds. For example, I have different miaows for when:

• I'm saying hello
• I'm cross
• I want to go outside
• I can see birds on the balcony
• I want to go in the airing cupboard
• I'm hungry
• I'm VERY hungry
• I'm being disturbed
• I'm being abandoned at the vet's
• I'm stuck up a tree
  

And that's not including the hissing and howling sounds I make when I'm in a fight.

Luckily, Mrs Servant is very good at working out which miaow is which, so she pretty much understands what I'm trying to say to her. Trouble is, she's very good at ignoring me, so I end up tapping her on the arm or (when she's at her desk) jumping on her keyboard and flumping down on it. That always works.