Friday, June 29, 2007
MORRIS
HELLO ALL. I'M TRYING TO GET USED TO WRITING ON THE BLOG.TODAY I'LL WRITE ABOUT OUR CATS, PRIMARILY MORRIS. THE CATS ARE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK BUT ALSO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF JOY . AT OUR SHOP IN EAST WINDSOR, WE WERE EXPOSED TO MANY PITIFUL, SAD-SACK CATS FROM THE SURROUNDING LOCALE. SOME DAY I'LL ATTEMPT TO WRITE ABOUT A CAT NAMED CASSANDRA, BUT THE SUBJECT IS STILL TOO PAINFUL. MORRIS IS A LESS DOUR SUBJECT, SO THEREFORE EASIER TO WRITE ABOUT. ONE DAY I SAW AN UGLY ORANGE CAT UP ON THE HILL OUTSIDE MY OFFICE WINDOW. IN THE BEGINNING THIS ORANGE BOY WOULD RUN FROM US. AFTER A FEW DAYS, HE MUST HAVE BEEN HUNGRY, AND STARTED TO LET US APPROACH HIM. HE HAD SEVERAL MORE CLEVER NAMES , BUT EVENTUALLY THE NAME MORRIS STUCK, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. MORRIS STARTED TO GO UP TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR FOOD, WATER AND ATTENTION. THE WEATHER WAS GETTING COLD, OCTOBER OR SO.ANYTIME I WENT TO WORK , EVEN LATE IN THE DAY OR ON A WEEKEND, MORRIS WOULD INVITE HIMSELF RIGHT INTO THE OFFICE. HE WOULD DO CUTE THINGS, LIKE CLIMB INTO MY BRIEFCASE(WORMS AND ALL). I COULD SEE HE NEEDED A HOME AND QUICKLY! I RELUCTANTLY LEFT MY OFFICE ONE COLD NIGHT BECAUSE I KNEW HE WANTED TO COME HOME WITH ME, BUT I COULDNT BEAR THE THOUGHT OF THE WORMS! AS I DROVE AWAY I COULD SEE MORRIS CHASING THE CAR FOR QUITE A DISTANCE. I MADE UP MY MIND TO TAKE HIM THE NEXT DAY, AND TO GET HIM TO A VET. HE WAS NASTY TO SOME PEOPLE AND OTHER CATS, BUT HAS EVOLVED INTO A FAIRLY GENTLE SOUL THESE DAYS.HE ALSO TESTS POSITIVE FOR THE CAT- VERSION OF AIDS. SO FAR HE IS DOING WELL. WE MUST HAVE HAD HIM FOR ABOUT NINE OR TEN YEARS.HE WAS A THROW-AWAY PET BECAUSE THE VET SAID HE WAS NEUTERED, SO SOMEONE AT SOME POINT CARED ABOUT HIM. WE ASKED AROUND IF HE WAS LOST, BUT HE WAS HOMELESS.NOW HE LIVES WITH ME ,BUT USED TO LIVE WITH TOMMY.HE HAS A BEANY-BABY STUFFED CAT ( GIVEN TO ME BY CHRIS TEEL YEARS AGO.).EVERY TIME WE CAME HOME THE BEANY BABY WAS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. EVENTUALLY WE DISCOVERED MORRIS WAS DRAGGING THE BEANY AND HOWLING OVER IT, LIKE PREY. HE WAS PRACTICING THE KILL.I AM ENCLOSING A PICTURE OF MORRIS AND BEANY ON OR KITCHEN FLOOR.SOME DAYS I HAVE TO SCOLD MORRIS TO PUT AWAY HIS BABY, AS IT IS ALWAYS UNDERFOOT.WE CALL MORRIS ENORMOUS-MORMOUS. HE IS FUN TO TEASE.HE HAS A LOUD PURR WHICH I CAN HEAR IF I PUT ON MY AMPLIFIED HEADPHONES(MORE ON THE HEARING LOSS LATER,STAY TUNED!)LOVE YOU ALL, PEGGY
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