[nfbwatlk] Fw: a petwarmer: Heart of a Lion
Lauren Merryfield
lauren1 at catliness.com
Thu Nov 6 07:46:58 UTC 2008
Hi,
Here is a neat/cool catly story.
Thanks
Lauren
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> It took a blind cat to open everyone's eyes.
> Purr was a little cat, but she had a heart of a lion. You'll enjoy
> today's story from Susan.
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> HEART OF A LION
> by Susan Dart
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> Years ago before the first Gulf war we moved to the desert Kingdom of
> Saudi Arabia on military assignment.
> We had two small children, a dog, and a cat. As we stepped from the
> airport into the stifling desert heat, we made a bedraggled little party,
> exhausted from our long trip. We had no idea what lay in store for us, or
> how much our lives would change over the next two years.
> Just two days later, as we were settling into our apartment at the
> military headquarters, we were visited by a kind woman from the housing
> office who noticed that we had pets. She immediately told us about a
> litter of kittens that desperately needed homes.
> Abandoned by their feral mother, they were barely surviving on dog
> food they scrounged from local residents. Perhaps it was the jet lag or
> some other malady, but we agreed to see the kittens and that very day Purr
> came into our lives.
> Little more than a piece of Calico fur, the starving kitten stole our
> hearts. She was tiny and weak and her eyes were infected, but we loved
> her from the start. As we nursed her back to health, she quickly became a
> member of our family.
> We named her Priscilla after a friend, but our son was too little to
> pronounce it, so she became Purr for the rest of her life.
> As her health improved she grew and thrived but living with her
> quickly became a challenge. She seemed unusually accident prone and leapt
> from one disaster to another, frequently falling as she tried to jump to
> higher spots. The shatter of breakable items became a common sound as she
> knocked over things in her path.
> Purr grew a luxurious long-haired Calico coat. Our children adored
> her and she almost never let them out of her sight. She tolerated being
> pushed in a doll stroller, slept with them at night, and woke them in the
> morning for school. She also seemed to be less clumsy than before and
> rarely missed when she jumped from the floor to a high perch to look out
> the window.
> We were able to move to a lovely house in the suburbs and life
> settled into a peaceful routine as we began our second year in Saudi
> Arabia, never suspecting it would all soon change.
> Later that summer, Iraq invaded Kuwait and we were plunged into
> months of fear and uncertainty as the first Gulf war evolved around us.
> Late one January night we awoke to the sound of missiles exploding in the
> sky over the city. The war had started and the next few months would be
> some of the most challenging we had ever faced.
> We spent many nights sitting in the hall wearing gas masks as sirens
> wailed and missiles roared over our home. We all slept in one room in the
> most protected part of the house wondering when the next attack would be.
> And through it all, our little desert cat was there.
> She comforted the children and entertained them with her antics. She
> never left their sides and they were less afraid.
> The following summer we moved back to Texas and brought Purr with us.
> We took her to our new vet and told him her story. He examined her and
> then told us that she was almost completely blind. The blood vessels in
> the back of her eyes had never developed, most likely from the poor diet
> she had eaten as a newborn kitten. She had somehow learned to cope and
> managed well.
> She had gone from a clumsy kitten to a graceful adult cat and a dear
> member of our family.
> I often think of those days when we lived under the cloud of war and
> how the experience forever changed our lives. We would never take our
> peace and freedom or safety for granted again.
> And I remember the little blind kitten that watched over us and
> helped us through -- a little desert cat with the heart of a lion named
> Purr.
>
> -- Susan Dart <sdart at satx.rr.com>
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> Susan says, "I live in San Antonio, TX. We settled here after my husband
> spent 15 years in the Air Force. I have two grown-up children and a
> sewing business. I have had pets my entire life. I currently have 5
> house cats and a parakeet."
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> FROM OUR MAILBAG
> (in response to our last story, Cats and Bats
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> Dear Petwarmers:
> I would like everyone to know that bats do carry rabies. My vet says
> that all house cats need rabies shots. When he was in a different area,
> there was a family of 11 in an old house with a pet cat also. A bat got
> in the house, the cat killed it, the cat developed rabies and the entire
> family had to take the series of painful shots. So with this in mind,
> keep up with the rabies shots on your cats even if you can't afford any
> other shots.
> -- Karen <kalm4h at msn.com>
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> Dear Petwarmers:
> Loved the story! Also, I would highly recommend reading Merle's Door
> by Ted Kerasote. Everyone reading Petwarmers will love this true story.
> It is an amazing story about an abandoned and abused dog that was rescued
> from the wilderness. It is also a very happy story.
> -- Janice <janicehw9 at yahoo.com>
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> Dear Petwarmers:
> Finding a bat indoors can be rather frightening. I spent part of my
> life living in Northern Michigan both at a summer camp and a boarding
> school. We had tons of mosquitoes and as you must know, bats love
> mosquitoes and consume large numbers daily. Well one night when I was a
> camper sleeping in the top deck of a bunk bed next to the storage loft in
> the cabin, I awoke to find something going "beep beep" around my head. I
> freaked out, screamed, and dove under the covers. Then when the counselor
> entered the room with a flashlight, I jumped off my bunk and joined the
> camper in the bed below. It seemed that the night before when the
> counselor was performing her rounds, a bat followed her into the cabin and
> made his home for the next day in the loft where we stored our luggage.
> Since my bed was the first one against the wall and next to the loft, I
> was in its flight path. It certainly was a frightening experience and I
> can relate to Lynn's parents running around with towels on their heads --
> even if bald!
> -- Wendy <wvanvecs at comcast.net>
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> Dear Petwarmers:
> I heard the story on the radio about the dog and the kittens. The
> radio only said the dog needed oxygen and a heart massage. It didn't say
> anything about the kittens' fate. I am glad you put the story in here
> because now I know their fate. I am so happy they all survived. I love
> your stories. I actually laughed out loud over the story of the bat. I
> wasn't prepared for the ending. It was great. Thanks for all your stories
> and keep them coming.
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