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Oct 16, 2002
Free Kittens to a Good Home
Look at those faces! How could you say no? (Rant)

Selling stock in Worldcom might be easier than giving away kittens. I have five healthy (and yes, they're cute!) tiny felines, weaned and litter trained, waiting for good homes. Bad homes even. Friends and neighbors couldn't wait to come over and see the newborn
kittens. The older they got, the less we saw of them. What the hell do you call fear of being asked to adopt a kitten? Did Freud address that?

It gets to the point where you begin calling people out by name.

"Mary Ann. You look like you could use a kitten."

She doesn't even look my way.

"I'm never home. It wouldn't be good for the cat."

What? You put out a dish of food, a little water and some litter. Cats
don't need instructions or directions. They are going to do just what they want anyway. They don't notice you're gone until the food dish is empty.

I started stalking the pet food aisle in the grocery store, waiting for someone to pick up a bag of catfood.

"How many cats do you have?" I asked a nice lady putting cans of cat food in her cart.

She puts up a hand to stop me. "I don't want a kitten", she says evenly.

I guess someone had that bright idea before me.

I thought I found one a home last week. It was returned the next day.

"Oh, my Spanky didn't like her at all! He hissed at her all night long."

Look lady, you wouldn't like it if your husband brought home another wife either. But you'd get used to it eventually.

Too many kittens in a household is problematic. They're very small and
wedge themselves in out of the way places. Like between the sheet rock and dry wall in your attic. Under the couch. Under your feet.
I've even thought about eBay. Can you ship a cat?

Contributed by:
anne tatalin
©2002 anne tatalin
Website: Where's My Pants?