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Old October 15th 11, 05:14 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.community
The Two Sisters
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Default Voodoo's Tribyewt tu Oz Rennie

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:01:31 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

[A distinguished black cat shuffles to the podium, flanked on either
side by two of his sisters, leaning on them for support. He clears
his throat, wipes a tear from his eye and begins to speak]

Ize Voodoo an Ize heer tuday tu pay tribyewt tu mine broffur Oz.
[bows head to collect himself] Oz an mineself wur borned Octofur 14,
1995. Meowmie an daddee brot us home wen weez wur jist six weekz
owld. Fur almost tu yeerz we wur da ownlee kitties in da famblee, but
den Kissa (RB) kaym tu liv wif us. Dat saym yeer meowmie an daddee
brot home a feral kittin an kalled hur Willow. Weez dint lyke dem
furry mutch at furst, but in tyme, weez grew tu luv dem both. In da
yeer 2000, meowmie an daddee brot home a liddle tiny kiddin. Hur naym
waz Liddle Zoë Underfoot. Sum uv yu may rememfur hur. She waz so
tynee. She waz a sik liddle gurl an went tu da Bridj wen she waz jist
wun yeer owld. sniff

Den kaym Hemi (RB) an Marble, den Maestro (RB) an Matthias (RB) Den
Jordie kaym in frum da owt. Bi dis tyme, we wur finkin da da hows waz
gittin furry full, but weez neffur komplayned. It waz aktulee kinda
nys tu have offur kitties tu play wif.

Den meowmie started wurkin wif a cat reskew an kitties started kuming
an goin. She eggsplayned tu us dat she waz duin sumfing kalled
fostering an dat she waz lukking aftur deez kitties till dey fownd der
wuntroohome. Weez felt sorree fur deez homeless kitties an let dem
shayr owr kitty bedz an toyz. Den sum kitties started kuming in an
not leavin. Owr famblee groo an groo. Sumtymez Ize wud tawk tu Oz
abowt da kitties dat kaym an neffur went, an he wud eggsplayn tu
mineself dat deez kitties reelee needid a wuntroohome an meowmie an
daddee had enuff room in der hartz fur all uv us. Oz waz gud dat
way. Alwayz da sensibil broffur.

A few yeerz ago, Oz stopped eetin an TED cudnt fynd enyfing rong wif
him. He startid living in da bafroom. Meowmie had tu subq him effury
day an fors feed him. Den aftur fowr months, he startid eetin on hiz
own agin. Meowmie was thrilled. Dat waz fife yeerz ago.

Den dis yeer, he startid lozin wate. Ize did tu, an TED thot it waz
jist cuz we wur getting owldur an slowing down an dint need az mutch
fud. She tuk us tu TED fur owr geriatrik exam, but TED cudnt git a
urin sampil frum Oz. Meowmie tuk him bak a cupple uv dayz latur, an
TED manijed tu git wun. Da resultz wur furry bad. Oz waz in da end
stayjis uv CRF. sniff He hadn’t aktid lyke enyfing waz rong. Ize
wish he had. Maybee heed still be heer. [wipes ayez an sighz]

Before he left, meowmie tuk him in da owt three dayz in a row. He
reellee enjoyed bein in da fresh ayr. He also got tu eet enyfing he
wanted, an he also had milk wen he wanted it. Da day TED Paul waz tu
kum tu da hows tu help Oz tu da Bridj, he dint want eny brekfast and
let mineself eet it. Weez spent da hole morning tugeffur in da saym
bed. Ize washed hiz fays an eerz an told him Ize wud miss him. Den
meowmie brot him in da bed intu da livingroom so da offur kitties cud
say gudbye. Meowmie layed down on da floor besyd da kitty bed an pet
Oz an tawked him an told him it waz ok tu go; dat Ize wud tayk gud
kayr uv hur till weez got tu da Bridj. Sum uv da offur kitties kaym
offur an likked Oz’s fays an eerz. Dey noo he waz goin tu leev.

Ten minitz befor TED was spozed tu be at da hows, meowmie offered Oz
sum milk. He drank effury drop. Haf an howr laytur, he waz gon.
[Voodoo wipez hiz eyez on da bak uv hiz paw] Gudbye mine broffur.
Till weez meet agin. [Willow an Marble see dat Voodoo iz abowt tu
kollaps an kall owt tu Ryan an Cinnamon tu kum an help him bak tu hiz
seet]


A furry tuchink tribyoot...


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Purrs,

Cybèle & Oriane

“I love cats because I take pleasure in my home; and little by little, the
cats become its visible soul.”
Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963

10/15/2011 12:13:58 PM