I was just a few metres from home, really. It was dark, as it is now. I was thinking about what needs doing this evening, as one does on the way home.
A strange creature was coming the other way, up the opposite pavement. Like a dog, but with a feline demeanour.
It paused outside a driveway, looked at me as if to say “I’m not a big cat, you chuffing idiot! I’m a fox!”
“Right,” I said “A fox. Well, I’ll see you around sometime then.”
The fox rolled its eyes and turned into the driveway.