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UPDATE!!!

April 2007- My Story

Hi my name is Monkey ... I used to have a different name though, but that was a very long time ago. I don't remember much before I was in this place called "Animal Rescue League of Boston" they called me Scardy Cat. I spent well sometime there.. It was a long time to me ... they didn't know that I could understand them, but I heard them talking allot they said I would probably never be "adopted" whatever that was because I was to shy and skinny. But that was ok because I really liked them they kept my belly full and I was always warm, even if I was a little board.
Then one day something really weird happened I was sleeping in my little cage, I was under this very nice fluffy purple blanket the nice fleshy things had given me, It got kind of warm under there so I had stuck my paws out so I could be a little cooler and not be bothered by all the commotion that happened around my little world.. Then it happened something touched my paw!!!... and it didn't feel bad or anything just a quick touch.. well now that was weird !!!! but it felt really nice. Next thing I know I was yanked from my cage and brought into this tiny room with two more of these fleshy things, I later learned they were called ... get this people .. is that weird or what!!!! They just kinda looked at me, the girl one sat on the floor and called me .. so I decided to sniff her .. she smelled funny!!! ... like other kitties. But different.
Then they went away, and I was put back in my cage. Then things really stared to change!!!! A few days later I was taken to this smelly place ... I really didn't like it... and they poked me with this pointy thing OUCHY!! After that it was just darkness for awhile. When I woke up my belly was really sore and itchy... I don't think you can ever understand how itchy .... but I was back in my cage with my blanky itchy belly and all, so I thought everything was ok.
Not to long after that I heard something familiar... it was the fleshy... errr people that had smelled like kitties. Then I was taken from my cage and stuffed into an even smaller cage ... things were not looking up for me at this point in time ... they didn't even let me keep my fluffy blanky. I knew I was in trouble now. After that it was a really really bumpy ride and allot of noise and things I had never smelled.
Then all of a sudden I was in a really quiet place, and the door to my cage opened, and the girl flesh...err people thing was sitting there trying to get me out.. it was really weird!!! It took a while but I finally came out... but when I did it blew my mind ... they did not try to put me into another cage the girl people thing and the man thing I now call mommy and daddy showed me to a food dish and a litter box, not long after that she opened a door and some kitties came in.
Well now by this point in time I was shocked this place smelled like the kitties before me … there was this big fluffy one he was cute they called him Hydro, and this little pudgy one with a whole lot of attitude called Ewok and this really pretty white one that jumped every time someone moved they called her Shaddow and another one that was just a big puff of fur named Gizmo. They all sniffed me and I sniffed them, then the mommy person made them go away and I explored this new place. It was HUGE!!! The mommy person showed me everything, there was even another fleshy…errr person up this thing they called stairs… they called her mom. And after that there was another stair thing and just space. The mommy person said that this was my new home all three floors.

It’s been a very long time since all that happened … mommy tells me I was nine months old when I became a part of this family. I am four years old now and I gota say I really like the thing she calls family… it’s great !!! I’ve gotten really close to Hydro and Ewok, sometimes they clean me I like that, Gizmo and Shaddow are cool too but they stay upstairs with the mom person. I even have a new blanky that mommy puts on her lap and I can sleep there anytime I want. This place is really great I filled out a lot and now I’m almost as big as Hydro ... mommy says Hydro is fat but daddy says he’s big boned, I know I am not fat I like to chase bugs…once in a while I get really lucky and a mouse sneaks into the house, but mommy always makes daddy or someone else take them away before I can eat them. I also love to watch the birdies from the window… one day maybe I’ll catch one … if mommy isn’t around. I never want to go outside though I am very happy where in my home… sometimes I even talk to mommy and daddy. It is really funny when I do they get all happy and give me treats and cuddles …. boy I like cuddles. Daddy it totally cool and I mug him for love for some reason he acts funny when I tap him with my claws. Mommy is my sleepy place if Hydro or Ewok aren’t already on her lap, but its ok I really don’t mind sharing, there are so many comfy places to sleep now it’s hard to choose where.
Sometimes other people come to our home, and they bring this HUGE black thing… they call her Lady Dog. I like to stalk her, she has this fun tail it moves all the time, Hydro and her are really good friends. She hasn’t been here in a long time I think Hydro misses her I know I do… that tail is so cool.
Well that is pretty much my story … I’m here now with my family and I hope nothing ever changes. I got my mommy, daddy, hydro, ewok, shaddow, and gismo and I would not change anything, except for maybe a few more mice when mommy is not around.
I just hope my story can show other kitties that even if they don’t know it… there is a family out there somewhere that might just give them a home and they can be happy too!!!

Note From Mommy: Animal Rescue League of Boston can be found at this web addy:
http://www.arlboston.org/Main/directory.aspx