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I've just been looking round the garden centre, trying to get ideas for my
mother's birthday present. They have a display of garden ornaments, including a realistic cat. When I saw it move for a moment I thought is was real then I saw it was a little wren sitting on the cat's head. I wish I'd had a camera with me. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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Adrian wrote:
I've just been looking round the garden centre, trying to get ideas for my mother's birthday present. They have a display of garden ornaments, including a realistic cat. When I saw it move for a moment I thought is was real then I saw it was a little wren sitting on the cat's head. I wish I'd had a camera with me. For a minute I thought you were going to say it *was* real - garden centers sometimes have shop cats (mine does, anyway). I was imagining this scenario: "Wow, what a realistic-looking cat." "Meow!" LOL Joyce -- To send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. |
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On Dec 28, 4:29*pm, wrote:
For a minute I thought you were going to say it *was* real - garden centers sometimes have shop cats Indeed. A garden centre I know of accquired a cat- a semi feral stray who wandered past one day while the wife of the manager was outside eating a ham sandwich and the skinny little cat begged so the nice lady gave her a bit of ham (she did not know "If you give them ham you belong to them"). A few days later the woman was eating a corned beef sandwich and the skinny little cat appeared and begged some more. Of course a few days later, she was saying to her husband whilst they didn't want a cat, it would be a good idea to encourage this cat to stay around and deal with any vermin...and a few days after that she was in the supermarket posing the eternal question of feline slavery - "I wonder if she'd like the tuna or would she prefer the chicken?" The skinny little stray swiftly filled out and the lady was proud of how plump she was getting....right up until she went into the shed one morning and found the skinny little stray's plumpness had not entirely been down to her feeding...for there on a hay bale was the proud little stray and five kittens! Two of them were Dunzi and Sarsi Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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"Lesley" wrote in message ... On Dec 28, 4:29 pm, wrote: For a minute I thought you were going to say it *was* real - garden centers sometimes have shop cats Indeed. A garden centre I know of accquired a cat- a semi feral stray who wandered past one day while the wife of the manager was outside eating a ham sandwich and the skinny little cat begged so the nice lady gave her a bit of ham (she did not know "If you give them ham you belong to them"). A few days later the woman was eating a corned beef sandwich and the skinny little cat appeared and begged some more. Of course a few days later, she was saying to her husband whilst they didn't want a cat, it would be a good idea to encourage this cat to stay around and deal with any vermin...and a few days after that she was in the supermarket posing the eternal question of feline slavery - "I wonder if she'd like the tuna or would she prefer the chicken?" The skinny little stray swiftly filled out and the lady was proud of how plump she was getting....right up until she went into the shed one morning and found the skinny little stray's plumpness had not entirely been down to her feeding...for there on a hay bale was the proud little stray and five kittens! Two of them were Dunzi and Sarsi Lesley That was a really sweet story to start my day. Thank you. Jo |
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On Dec 30, 11:14*am, "jofirey" wrote:
That was a really sweet story to start my day. *Thank you. That's okay...and of course the skinny little stray is now spayed and has a forever home Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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On Dec 30, 11:14 am, "jofirey" wrote: That was a really sweet story to start my day. Thank you. That's okay...and of course the skinny little stray is now spayed and has a forever home Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs I'm very glad to hear it, though I'm glad she gave you Dunzi and Sarsi first. :-) -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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On Dec 30, 11:36*am, "Adrian" wrote:
I'm very glad to hear it, though I'm glad she gave you Dunzi and Sarsi first. :-) Indeed although Sarsi's whereabouts are a bit of a mystery at the moment (probably under the sofa) but Dunzi just walked past- she's just had some munchies and is going back to bed Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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One of the "Furreal" cats (Walmart) would fool anyone too. It moves
it's head, rolls it's eyes and meows. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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Lesley wrote:
A garden centre I know of accquired a cat- a semi feral stray who wandered past one day while the wife of the manager was outside eating a ham sandwich and the skinny little cat begged so the nice lady gave her a bit of ham (she did not know "If you give them ham you belong to them"). A few days later the woman was eating a corned beef sandwich and the skinny little cat appeared and begged some more. Of course a few days later, she was saying to her husband whilst they didn't want a cat, it would be a good idea to encourage this cat to stay around and deal with any vermin...and a few days after that she was in the supermarket posing the eternal question of feline slavery - "I wonder if she'd like the tuna or would she prefer the chicken?" The skinny little stray swiftly filled out and the lady was proud of how plump she was getting....right up until she went into the shed one morning and found the skinny little stray's plumpness had not entirely been down to her feeding...for there on a hay bale was the proud little stray and five kittens! Two of them were Dunzi and Sarsi Sweet story! I didn't know their history. Joyce -- To send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. |
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On Dec 30, 1:21*pm, wrote:
Sweet story! I didn't know their history. I did make for some problems when we got them- they'd spent their first 8 weeks in a garden shed and being indoors fascinated them-all these strange things to look at- even something like a bed, which most kittens take for granted was a source of awe and wonder to them! they spent about a week exploring every nook and cranny (including some that nearly gave me grey hairs!) I loved the day we got them through, I had to collect them from the other side of London so there I am armed with a carrier to collect 2 kittens who'd been taken from their mum and siblings that morning then put in a car and carted to an office where the nice lady (Belinda) had managed to get an unoccupied office with a lockable door so she could let them out. So their future meowmie arrives and Belinda lets her and one of the other secretaries who wanted to see the kittens in- one kitten (named a few days later as Dunzi) immediately ran to the other secretary and started meeping frantically as if to say "PLEASE! Don't let the mad looking woman with the box take me away!" but the madwoman with the box was having no mercy and kitten found herself inside carrier. The other kitten (Sarsi) seeing this wedged herself quite firmly into the cardboard box they'd been transported in and I had to almost turn the box upside down to get her out and she demonstrated her early potential for evil by drawing blood in the process. Belinda, who did not know much about cats was horrified at this and asked if I wanted her to give her this kitten back and she'd get her husband to bring the other female. Meanwhile I just dabbed it with a tissue and expressed the opinion "You wait til we get home" as I loaded the struggling kitten into the carrier (Funny that we did in the end, nearly take the other female but Belinda decided to keep her and she crossed the Bridge after a tragic accident when she was only 5 months old- If I'd swoped Sarsi for the other female...I just realised Sarsi used one of her lives up there!) So I get on the bus and both kittens seem alert and none too worried about this strange change in their lives but we had yet to face 40 minutes on the Central Line! Noisy, smelly etc and these poor little kittens had until a few hours ago only known a quiet shed- I was a bit worried about taking them on it! 3 stops down the line they stopped moving and I thought the shock must have killed them! I looked in the carrier and they were both settling down for a sleep.... At this moment, for some reason the train shook and there was a loud squealing noise as if the train wasn't properly on the rail (if anyone knows why this happens, please tell me, it scares the Hell out of me) and Sarsi jumped up, looking worried, Dunzi (I wish I'd had a camera handy) plonked a paw on Sarsi's neck and started to wash her! It was so sweet! Then they went to sleep and showed no sign of movement until I was at our front door Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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