Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what!
I got out this week, but I only went to the edge of the porch, and I let Momma pick me up and bring me in. It smells funny out there.
Momma walked up the road, and she saw Juniper! Bemember Juniper, that tiny little baby cat Momma and Poppa helped raise on a bottle? Well, she lives outside now, because she’s not a good, precious cat like Chickie and me.
Juniper is more than a year old, now, but she’s still little bitty.
Momma said she called Juniper and said, “Bemember me?”
So Juniper came over to check it out.
Juniper sniffed Momma’s hand all over.
Then she patted Momma’s hand.
And then….
SMACK! GROWL! HISS! CLAWS OUT!
So Momma said, “Well, all right then! I’ll go!”
So Momma came home to where the good cat is.
A WRITING PROMPT FOR ANIMALS: Are you an Inside or an Outside?
TA
acflory
June 13, 2020 at 9:54amTipper is the good cat! What a pity about Juniper though. I wonder why she became so mean?
Marian Allen
June 13, 2020 at 10:56amI don’t know! The family say she’s like that to everybody except the little boy, who is the only one who didn’t participate in bottle-feeding her.
acflory
June 13, 2020 at 9:35pmThat is so weird. Is it possible the formula somehow made her feel sick? i.e. aversion to anyone associated with feeling sick? Poor little thing. 🙁
Marian Allen
June 14, 2020 at 8:01amShe sure went for it at the time, but it’s a possibility, and it would make sense. I’m leaning toward “I’m big and independent and I don’t need anybody to baby me”. I mean, she’s even nasty to the DOG who adopted her when she was a baby, and is friends with the dog who never paid any attention to her.
acflory
June 14, 2020 at 8:55amThat is one strange, mixed up little cat!
Damyanti Biswas
June 13, 2020 at 10:17amAww! I always look forward to Tipper and Chickie updates.
Marian Allen
June 13, 2020 at 10:57amAnd they always look forward to your visits. 🙂 >^..^<
Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt
June 13, 2020 at 1:47pmThanks for the updates. Life must be scary for an outdoor cat some times.
Marian Allen
June 14, 2020 at 7:58amI would sure be scared, if I had to live outside.
Dan Antion
June 13, 2020 at 5:27pmWhat a face. And after all you did for her. Is “ungrateful cat” redundant?
Marian Allen
June 14, 2020 at 7:58amI know, right?