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I think I can help with the story of how and why my grandmother
came to own a sweet old tom cat named Bow.
When I was about 10 years old my grandfather died. Shortly after
that, my grandmother moved into a duplex that was located across
the street from my partnts home. She had only lived there for
one week, however, when a real problem developed. She had never
lived alone, and she would become terrified at the slightest little
sound that she would not explain. At least twice or three times a
week, grandma would call my father at 3am and tell him that she heard
a noise at the back door, in the livingroom and so on. Poor old Dad
would troop across the street to find nothing unusual in the house.
This situation had gone on for months, but right after Grandma had
adopted a stray tom cat which she called "my Bow", the midnight
phone calls stopped completely. When we questioned her about why
she was no longer frightened of every little noise, she explained
it this way - "If I hear a noise in the middle of the night, and
my Bow is not on the bed, I just figure that he is the one makeing
the noise. If I hear a noise and my Bow is on the bed with me,
I watch for his reaction. If he doesn't get up to investigate it,
I figure why should I."
I hope this story will help your wife with her study. It sounds
very interresting!
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| It might be helpful for your wife to talk with those folk that live
alone - I do and without "my five", I'd be lost. I know that I
would never be without a cat or two, or three or four, or five,
and probably six (am thinking about getting my fourth black male)
good lord, did I really say that!!
Actually, my oldest boy, Nicholas, lets me know every time someone
either walks through the yard or drives into a nearby driveway,
or when there is a dog around the house. He growls and makes
lots of noise - all five of them, from the yongest to the oldest
know when I'm not feeling up and do their best to make me feel
better! All they ask for is love and give nothing but love in
return. What more could a person ask from her cat or a cat
ask from their person?? Cats aren't afraid to be intimate
cats aren't afraid to show their feelings, cats aren't
afraid to share their love and affection, cats aren't
afraid to be open, honest, and trusting.
it's a shame that people don't behave like cats!
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