Fred
My daughter and her
husband bought a new house. An old calico cat, that was cared for by the
former owners of the home, was left behind.
As far as we know, the cat didn't have a name. She's a very pretty cat. She was very skittish and would not come to
anyone at first. Slowly the cat has
warmed up to them. The cat wouldn't come
into the house even when it was very cold outside. She wanted attention but she wouldn't let
anyone near her. She would bang on the
window with her paw and meow loudly but when they'd go to pet her, she would run away.
When my daughter and
her husband were deciding upon a name for the cat. They thought of a tenant they knew while they
were managing and cleaning apartments.
The man was deaf and he used to bang on the door and yell loudly when He
wanted to communicate with them. The
man's name was Fred. The cat reminded
them of Fred so they named her Fred.
On one very cold
night my daughter found Fred covered in snow.
She looked like a large snowball nearly frozen. Fred had no problem with coming into the
house that night. She's been coming in
and going out every since that night.
She has officially been adopted and has been a joy to them and to me
too.
Every week I hear a
new story about Fred. Fred didn't like
her feet getting wet as she crossed the newly cleaned kitchen floor. She pounced from dry spot to dry spot with a
little meow every time her paw got wet.
She just doesn't like getting her feet wet. Fred killed a chipmunk and ate everything except
the nose and whiskers. Fred killed a giant squirrel and left it at
the front door, a gift for my daughter no doubt.
Fred likes to go over and get the dog next door all stirred up, as if to
say..Na-na-na-na-na-na. You're all tied
up and I'm as free as can be. Fred likes
to wake everyone up and throws a fit when the alarm goes off.
God has blessed us
with another little member of the family....Fred. Thank- you Lord, for Fred.
Susan Y Nikitenko
May 29th, 2012
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