TO
Furbee aka eSKay, 19 mos.
FURBEE'S PLACE
A Kitten's Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep,
The king-size bed is soft and deep..
I sleep right in the center groove
My human cannot hardly move!
I've trapped her legs,
she's tucked in tight..
And here is where I pass the night.
No one disturbs me or dares intrude
Till morning comes and "I want food!"
I sneak up slowly to begin
My nibbles on my human's chin.
She wakes up quickly,
I have sharp teeth -
And my claws I will unsheath
For the morning here and it's time to play
Always seem to get my way.
So thank you Lord for giving me
This human person that I see.
The one who hugs me and holds me tight
And sacrifices her bed at night!
Hi, My name is FurBee and I am
The new kitty on the block.
I am about three months old as my
page begins. I am a felmale kitty,
and my color is called "tabby"..Grey
and black stripes...
My story is much like that of too
Many little kittens, but my case has
Had a much happier ending.
You see I was born into a normal
Family with a mom and siblings, we
Were loved and cared for by her and
Everything was wonderful until the
Day, when we were about six weeks
Old, the humans loaded ALL of us
Into this big machine with wheels
And a loud motor and took us all for
A ride.
I wasn't scared because I was with
My mom and sisters and brothers.
Soon the machine stopped and one
Of my sisters was dropped off beside
The road all alone!
The machine started rolling again,
And one by one ALL of us were
Dropped off in a strange place alone.
I looked around me as the machine
Left, with only my mom left inside.
Slowly I made my way across this
Big field with a house similar to ours
On it and sat by the door hoping that
Mom would come looking for me and
My siblings.
It never happened.
That night, as it got dark, I was so
Very afraid! But soon another machine
Drove in, all the way to where I was
Cowering.
The male human was alone and he
Saw me there and picked me up! I was
Not sure if I should be more scared or
To be happy.
He set me down and a few minute's
Later returned with some food and water!
Oh, that sure tasted good as I had not
Eaten all day and the heat sure made me
Thirsty.
He talked to me a while and then went
Inside his place and I remained outside
Where it was sure dark and lonely.
I found a fairly soft, safe place and
Went to sleep, hearing all kinds of
New unfamiliar sounds all night long
Which kept waking me up.
In the morning the human left again,
Nut left me food and water before he
Did.
This was to be the routine for several
Weeks.
One day two other humans came and
It was wonderful! The female one was
So friendly and nice. She held me for a
Long time (she liked my purring so I
Kept right on doing it too!).
Soon they left though and it was back
To the routine for another four days.
Then once again the second couple
Returned and this time I heard the lady
One saying "But I cannot let her go to
The pound and die."
I did not know what they were talking
about, but when they left that time, I was
in the machine with them, and while I
was suspcious after my first ride, I felt
easier because this time the female was
snuggling me close and loving me.
When the machine stopped this time
I was taken by the female human and we
Entered another house.
The FIRST thing I heard and saw was
This HUGE animal on the floor and it
Was Yowling and screeching and even
Hissing at me!
There was something familiar about
That sound! Suddenly I remembered a
Time when another cat tried to get into
The place mom had us and mom rushed
Out after it, making noises similar to
This! But this was not my mom!
Possibly another cat, but this one sure
Did not like having me here, and THAT was
For sure.
The human's kept us apart that night, and
The next morning set me down on the floor
About 20 feet from this other cat.
She again yowled at me, but
This time I was not as scared. I
Remembered my mom, and stood
My ground. The "other" as I was
Calling her took a step towards me
And slowly I took one too.
This continued all day. Slowly
We neared each other, and when
It tried to attack me I instead
lunged at HER and I had to laugh
when she ran for cover.
"Well, I guess maybe That'll do
some good!"
There were several more lil scrapes
Like this too, but by the end of that
First two days we were tolerating
Each other pretty well.
Now, after 10 days we are well,
If not friends, we have a peaceful
Co-existance.
I know I am going to like it here,
As Cali, the "other's name" has
Told me about life here.
I am glad. I am trying very hard
Not to be a "Bad Kitty" something
Cali says she was and she learned
Soon it did not work.
I am going to keep this journal
On my page, a gift from my new
Human's, of my life as I grow up.
September 1st 1999
Many things have changed since this
journal began. I let Cali know I might
be small but I was NOT going to just be
an invisible thing while she continued
to Lord it around here.
Guess what?
SHE backed down totally, and is now
the one that watches out for ME (LOL
I LOVE IT) We get along a lot better now
though and are even sharing the same foo
& water dishes, and yep, even the same
kitty-box (she decided she likes mine so
we both use it. (Hey I am not heartless).
I have made many discoveries around
here too. One is this, laying still on
Mom Human's lap is kinda nice, esp when
she brushes my fur! Cali used to hate it,
but now she sees me getting brushed and
promptly goes to the Dad Human for some!
(copy-cat, that cat has NO imagination).
I have learned to JUMP now and can get
to the counters (ouch did that scream of
NO hurt my ears) the higest bathroom
window, and the top of the tv (THAT was
an adventure in itself)
My biggest complaint right now is that
I have discovered these feelings inside and
feel that I am old enough (hey, I AM six
months old now) to get out there and meet a
nice male and have some babies of my own!
But my humans have all but locked me up
like a prisoner since they discovered this
dream of mine.
How did they know?
I did hear them talking about "spaying me"
and I KNOW what thet is 'cause Cali told me.
I think I might have fooled them too, 'cause
I DID sneak out for a whole night before they
discovered my secret, and they are watching
me for whatever human's look for when a kitty
is going to be a mama. Boy, I hope I am going
to have some babies 'cause they are gonna get
me "FIXED" and that sounds painful to me.
Ok, I will let you know if I suceed or not
in my next entry.... *S*
Vist CALI's Shak