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February 21, 2002

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Crystal, the Cat of the Day
Name: Crystal
Age: Two years old
Gender: Male
Kind: Siamese mix
Home: Virginia, USA
 
   This is our sweetie Crystal, whom we rescued from the dumpsters along with her sister. Crystal is my special friend, she follows me anywhere and everywhere in the house. As I do housework and go upstairs then down, to one room then another - she arrives in that room just ahead of me and looks at me as if to say "what are we going to do here?" I tend to forget things and go upstairs then down way too often!... that is why she stays so slim... she is five pounds while her sister tips the scales at ten pounds.

    She watches over our children and the other animals, if one of our boys stays overnight at a friends, she is visibly uneasy that we are not all together at home. Interestingly, Crystal obviously loves her family - but acts very scared if we reach to pet her - she runs away and she almost acts like it is torture to be caught and petted. She will come on her own and ask to be petted, for only a short time. This picture is her waiting for me while I am on the computer, and should anyone come into the office, she will not give up the chair - unless of course you try to pet her for a prolonged period of time.

    She loves to lay in the upstairs window and watch the birds in the trees... I guess she figures that she is right in the trees with them. During the summer when the air conditioning is on, we keep the window shut and the shade down. At the break of dawn, she stands on the bed looking at the window and meowing in my husband's ear until he gets up and opens the window. She just pushes us around.

    Both cats eat only one kind of dry food, when I get a new bag and set it on the floor, she will go over and open tear at the bag until she opens it. It makes no difference that their bowl is quite full. If I ever dreamed of the most beautiful cat in my opinion, she is the closest I have ever come in my whole life. She has blue eyes that often cross like a Siamese.
 

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