Over The Rainbow Bridge
A Cat's Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray this cushy life to keep.
I pray for toys that look like mice,
And sofa cushions, soft and nice.
I pray for gourmet kitty snacks,
And someone nice to scratch my back,
For windowsills all warm and bright,
For shadows to explore at night.
I pray I'll always stay real cool
And keep the secret feline rule -
To NEVER tell a human that
The world is really ruled by CATS!
~ Author Unknown ~
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MAO, Spring 1985 to January 14th, 2000
- Gone but Never Forgotten.
Master Mao was sitting on our front steps the evening of Friday
January 14th, 2000, waiting for husband Don to come home from work. Master Mao
often sat and waited for someone to come home. Two large dogs escaped from their
owner and attacked Mao on his own steps, breaking his back legs and
severing his spinal cord. I stroked his head while he was released from
his suffering by our family vet. My family will miss him very much. Master Mao was getting on in years (born 1985), but he still saw himself as
the
Number One Tomcat of the household. Master Mao could be a terror one
minute
and a love a cat the next. He had claimed primary ownership of me and
grudgingly let any other fur have any bed privileges.
Master Mao came to us full grown and half wild as tenant of a house we were
renting. He came with the house.. and when the owner sold the property
the cat was ours to take or leave. By then he had claimed ownership of
me and I had no choice but to take my master with me... Mao is a master of
the fine art of Cat Taoism, and he was been willing to share the knowledge
he had gained over many in-cat-nations with me, a humble human. *~*~*~*~*~*~*
~ The Cat and the Rain ~ Careful observers may fortell the hour ~*~*~*~*~*~*~
- Phyllis
(By sure prognostics)when to dread a shower;
While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o're
Her frolics, and pursues her tail no more.
~Jonathan Swift
DANNY A.K.A. DanYowl 1988 - August 2001
Owner of Don, Danny's habits with the lady-furs (even after his
visit
to the vet) earned him the title of Head Gigolo. He had a voice that
would do a siren proud and when he wanted something his yowl was something
that simply could not be ignored. "Gh-NoW!" he roars. He liked to roar
just
after midnight each night. Danny had a complicated vocabulary, and had a
tendancy to make visitors quite uncomfortable when they realized that they
are carrying on a conversation with a cat, and understanding what the cat
was saying!!!!
- Squeeky
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~ On The Tiles ~
Men ride many miles,
Cats tread many tiles,
Both hazard their necks in the fray;
Only Cats, when they fall
From a house or a wall,
Keep their feet, mount theit tails, and away!
~From 'An Appeal to Cats in the Business of Love' by Thomas
Flatman
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DORI MAU of BAST
March 1999 - September 19th, 2001
Dori was a daughter of Lady Bast and younger sister (by a year) of Princess SqueekyII. "Dori" is short for Dorito.. the corn chips. Dori earned her name as a baby for her love of the chips, earning the name Dorito Bandito.
Dori died suddenly when a cowardly human decided to set his dog upon Dori and Tiger Tail as they played in their own yard. Dori was chased into traffic where she was killed by a speeding car. She is very missed.
-Panther
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~ Double Dutch ~
That crafty cat, a buff-black Siamese,
Sniffing through wild wood, sagely, silently goes-
Prick ears, lank legs, alert twitching nose-
And on her secret errand reads with ease
A language no man knows.
~Walter de la Mare
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