That's Not a Dog!

This is my brother Spike.  When I first met him, I thought he was a dog.  I had never met a cat before and I have been around dogs much smaller than him.  Spike is twenty pounds.  I did not realize it at the time, but Spike did not like me when we first met.  I thought he was being playful when he growled and swatted at me.  I pounced and bounced in front of him waiting for him to play.  I could not figure out why he would not play with me.  I kept thinking to myself, "What a weird dog.  He does not even know how to play."  My parents kept calling him a cat.  Now I know cats are very different from dogs.  Spike likes me now.  We take naps together all the time.