His mom isn't as smart as he is, though, and she's a little ... uh ... funny. She teases, "please come and pet me?" But when you go near her,
she runs away. Then if you finally catch her, she purrs, "I thought you'd never come!" I think Satchmo got his dad's personality. Satchmo has his own "song" that he sings. Sort of "ow-owwwww, ow-owwwwww" over and over. He especially likes to sing ...