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October 4, 2003

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Pete, the Cat of the Day
Name: Pete
Age: Five months old
Gender: Male
Kind: Domestic long hair
Home: Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA
 
   Do I look like a pitiful poster child or what? I'm not nearly as innocent as I look! I did start life in a rough sort of way though. My "birth mother" is a feral that my "adopted mom" feeds. My furry mom started taking us to my other mom's house to teach us to eat and that was the end for my human mom. She fell in love! It was the dead of winter but there was no way me or my brother and sister were going to let these humans anywhere near us! My human mom couldn't stand seeing these babies in the cold so she put a box on her porch with a down comforter and wool blanket in it. Wow we were so happy! Pretty soon she couldn't stand that any more either and she and human dad tricked and trapped until we were in the house! It didn't take me long to realize that feral was not the way to go! My brother and sister were so scared, but I immediately discovered that the bed was the place for me. I also decided that hugs and kisses weren't so bad either! My brother and sister saw all the attention that I was getting and decided that they might try it too. I kept that sad innocent look for several days just to make sure they didn't make me go back outside. I soon realized that "mom and dad" were hooked and I cut loose. I still try to pull that pitiful face when mom is pulling me out of the top of her silk tree, when I'm shredding paper all over the house, when I chew on all the wood furniture in the house (maybe I'm part dog), or when I am beating the tar out of my poor little sister. At any rate, I know that I am in like flint and will always be loved to pieces no matter what I do. I still pull the poster child face when I want extra hugs and kisses. Who couldn't love that look??

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