And THAT my friend is what makes it all worth the doing.
"Irulan" <lrulan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> STOP! You're going to force me to go to
> the shelter and adopt a bitty with your stories!
> Heh, keep them coming. I love reading what
> the little precious ones are doing.
>
> Lily & her mama
>
> "Mark Edwards" <Mark-Edwards@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>
>> After work, I let the kittens out to roam the living room.
>>
>> Little Sister is turning out to be the dominant, sometimes feisty one,
>> while Little Brother is a little runty and less assertive, often
>> following his sister's lead. She will ight Miss Emily at bath time,
>> while he simply submits.
>>
>> They have discovered toys.
>>
>> We have a "weighted ball with a string on a stick" kind of toy, that
>> none of the cats have ever really played with, although it used to
>> have feathers. Little Sister has taken to batting it, chewing on the
>> string and trying to drag it, then wondering where the string went to
>> when it pulls away.
>>
>> Little Brother has discovered the plastic fly-swatters on the bottom
>> shelf of the coffee table, pushes them out and pounces on them.
>>
>> They are still only a little interested in the plastic ball with
>> fla****e lights and chirpie sounds.
>>
>> Little Sister has decided that my right foot is friendly and that my
>> left foot is the enemy, often using the right foot as refuge from her
>> attacks on the left. Sometimes she abandons all refuge and pounces the
>> left foot and ankle, while chewing viciously (rowr! rowr!) on the
>> sock.
>>
>> She is also a climber. She has mastered the art of climbing up on the
>> couch, while Little Brother is still struggling with the mechanics of
>> it a bit. She will climb on the couch and he, overburdened with
>> curiosity, will climb up to see what his sister is doing, at which
>> time she will jump off the couch, having lured him up there.
>>
>> After about 45 minutes of flat-out manic kitten play time, I sit down
>> on the couch, slightly away from them. Little Brother snuggles up
>> against my leg. Little Sister climbs up my tummy and snuggles in my
>> left hand and arm. As I gently massage their tiny foreheads, their
>> little eyes close and teensy purrs come forth.
>>
>> Occasionally, an eye will open slightly as if to say, "I'm NOT
>> sleepy!", before dropping off into sleep again.
>>
>> They are so precious!
>>
>>
>> Hugs and Purrs,
>> Mark
>
> --
> Irulan
> from the stars we come
> to the stars we return
> from now until the end of time.
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