Friday, October 23, 2009

Eighteen.

Meet Oliver! My beautiful orange kitty.



This is Oliver's story:

One day we were walking out of the grocery story, and this pitiful kittens meow filled our ears. We turned and saw a manager of the store holding this tiny kitten, with a bent ear, flea-infested, and the bottom of his feet all bloody. Our hearts instantly melted, so Nikki turned to me and said "Can we keep him?". I hesitated, and ultimately decided on no, we couldn't possibly take in a cat when we could barely afford to feed ourselves at this time, and he looked sick, like he was going to die. She sighed and said okay. On our walk home, neither of us could really get the kitten off our minds. He was so tiny, so hungry, and we wondered who would take him in while in such poor condition. We opened the door to the apartment, set our bags of groceries down, and once again, Nikki looked at me. "Can we please keep him." I was worried he would die, and I knew as soon as I laid eyes on him I would be attached, and I was nervous. She assured me he'd be fine, assured me he wouldn't die, and I caved. Nikki ran as fast as she could to the store, and came back 45 minutes later with a very large bag of cat food, baby shampoo, kitty litter, and this tiny, flea infested, crying kitten. He was an orphan. His Mother gone, all alone in this world, and he had orange fur. So naturally, we called him "Oliver", from the musical. I'm happy to say that, although he may be a little skittish, he's turned out just fine. No longer flea-infested, but his bent ear is a scar that tells his story. He's our little/big fighter. :-)

21 comments:

  1. Love this project! And I want to write a novel that I want everyone to read too. Or at least I did. Anyway, great stuff.

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  2. He looks soooo comfortable now!

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  3. He is gorgeous! My friend has an orange kitty called Oliver with a spookily similar story.

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  4. I love your kitty! He's story is so sweet! You both are so loving.
    ( Wahh! Emily told her co-worker about Sami? Not that I mind, just feels strange! Thanks though for letting me know. ) :P

    Loves you!
    Sami

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  5. aww that's such a lovely story :) glad you kept him ! love the photo , so gorgeous !

    have a nice weekend dear !

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  6. I so love his name. He's beautiful. I have to say we've never had luck with Orange tabbys. Well, when I was a kid, Augustus came to visit our house and wooed my mother so much. He was so sexy. He loved to lick your ankles when you got out of the shower. We so wanted to keep him, but he went away. Then while we were on vacation, he somehow got in the house and had quite a romp with our housecat. It was awful when we came home. My brother was sure of it then that he'd made our Tuxedo cat gay. Casper was never the same. We never heard from Gus again, but he left several kittens behind through the 'village' so to speak.

    I'm so glad you took Oliver in.

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  7. Aw! He's a handsome little kitty~ What happened to his feet, to make them bloody?
    (photography of cats is too much fun! haha )

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  8. my word, that is an adorable little kitty and a heartwarming story as well xo

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  9. @Robyn

    You know the pads on their feet? They were torn and falling off, so they were bleeding. :(

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  10. Hi, I visit without my knife (Inside joke) and love your story behind Oliver.

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  11. (lols! I just meant that I was flustered that you would mention me is all. *smiley!* Not creepy! :3 It's like when I saw this sign that I drew for my daddy's restuarant hanging up today. I was like "That feels so weird to see something I drew hanging up in front of all these people." Like that. Thanks, Emily! I hope she does come and see my blog! :3 )

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  12. he's adorable.. i see why you got sucked in. =)

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  13. he's so cute!! and that's such a sweet story -- you definitely did the right thing :)
    xx
    neutraltuesday.blogspot.com

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  14. Oh my gosh! What a sweet story! :) He's absolutely adorable. And I'm not a cat person, so that's saying a lot!

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
    girlwiththebowtie.blogspot.com

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  15. aww, how cute! i really wish i weren't allergic to cats - they're so adorable, but they make my face puff up and my whole body itch and my eyes water and my throat tighten and my nose run and... basically they make me look like shrek. ick!

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  16. Ok so I'm a comment slacker, I apologize. But that is a really sweet story..never heard it in that detail. You guys are such heroes :-D

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  17. Oliver's story made me cry! I've become such a sook when it comes to animals now that i've got my charlie dog. naww!!
    <3

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