[It's just as smart as the black cat that he usually plays hide and seek with.]

Oooh, new curses! [He doesn't care one way or the other if the cat dies or not. He can use it as a sacrifice for another curse, or he can just play with it. Besides, if it dies, he can always locate another cat to play with. It wasn't like there was a shortage on them.] Are you going to curse it into silence? I already know a curse for that. Or maybe turn it into stone?