Lillybit
Major Barbara Archy and Mehitabel Tye Lillybit Maddie
Lillybit arrived in September of 2000. She was a stray who was scrounging out a meager existence around the building where I work. We met one sunny morning as I was just arriving for work. I had just parked my car in the lot across the street when I noticed a little cat sitting on the hood of a big truck parked in front of the building. Our eyes met, and she immediately launched herself off the truck, shot across the street, and threw herself into my arms, yelling "Take me home!" at the top of her lungs. So, after checking her over and noting that she was skinny, filthy, and flea-infested, and making some inquiries of the building receptionist, who told me that she had been hanging around the building for a couple of weeks, begging for food, I did.
My intention was to get her cleaned up and checked out by a vet, and then find her a new home. I listed her on the Petshelter Network web site, and had a few inquiries from people interested in adopting her; but when they came to meet her she was so abominably rude to them, they all (very understandably) decided not to pursue the adoption, despite my feeble protests of "She's really a sweet cat once you get to know her." Lillybit clearly had her own ideas about where she was going to live, and after several weeks I gave in to the inevitable and officially welcomed her into the family. I'm glad I did, as she has appointed herself to the very important job of my Constant Companion, Official Knee Warmer, and Very Best Pal.
What is it with cats and boxes???
'Nuff said.
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The Stray Cat It's
just an old alley cat It
hasn't a star on its forehead, No
proud tiger stripes, no dainty tread, It's
a splotchy, blotchy "Beauty,"
we shall call you. -- Eve Merriam |
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