The Catnip Diaries
The First Year
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MOUSE TRAPS?
What the heck are mouse traps? Mommie said I should look out for them. She said she used to put out poison for the mice, but since I live here too, she can’t do that. Mouse poison is fatal to cats.
I watched Mommie get a trap ready. She put cheese in it and then set it down where she had seen the mouse earlier. She set it down real slow and gentle, almost as if she were afraid of it. After all, she did tell me to be on the lookout for traps.
S-N-A-P. I heard that. When I got to the source, I saw a little bitty mouse trying to get away from the trap. He couldn't get his tail loose. Mommie heard it too and she came running. She was almost crying and using thick gardening gloves, she took the trap outside and let the mouse go.
I was crying too because thinking about it made my tail hurt almost as much as that little bitty mouse's tail had to hurt. I certainly couldn't eat such a cute little animal. Maybe I will become a vegetarian. After all, lettuce doesn't cry, does it?
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The CATNIP DIARIES highlight Sparkles' progression from a kitten to a full-grown cat. It is done with word pictures describing plenty of cat adventures, a smattering of philosophy and lots of humor.
My adoption of Sparkles from the local animal shelter was therapy for me when I put my husband in a nursing home and our dog died. My sister Helen has her own cat and when we compared notes, we decided we could probably write a book about their adventures.
Most of the entries are fiction, but we believe they could happen.
Other characters in the book are fictional, but they add depth and color to the diary entries. Anyone who is owned by a cat can visualize their own cats being just as naughty - or nice.
When a year's worth of entries were on the books, Sparkles disappeared. In my heart of hearts, I believe Sparkles was an angel sent to get me out of my depression.
Sparkles loves his Mommie!!