It took a long time for Gizmo to warm up to Lee because Lee liked to play a game called “race the kitty” when Lee was a littler… basically, “race the kitty” meant run around the house chasing the kitty (and the kitty was too dumb to just go down in the basement to get away from the kid). I always figured this was an enriching exercise for an otherwise lazy animal. I guess Gizmo has learned to forgive Lee for the “race the kitty” games in his earlier years.