The Cat With Three Names
This one is my soul cat. She is supposed to belong to my son, but all parents know what happens to the animals when the kids move out. What was theirs, is now yours. If only it worked that way with their video games. I think this one has always owned me, though. When I went to the shelter to check the cats out, there were a bunch of little kittens running around on the floor. I couldn't get the attention of any of them. This one here was the only little baby in a cage. And boy did she try and get my attention. She mewed and mewed, stretched up in the cage and tried to get to me. I stuck my finger in the cage, and she rubbed on me and was mewing up a storm. It was love at first sight. I looked at the attendant and said, "I think she's picking me." He had this grin on his face that I didn't quite understand. It wasn't a grin of agreement, it was more like "you poor sucker". Little did I know what I was getting...