Tom’s story
The
young couple who took the fluffy Persian kitten home paid two
hundred pounds for him!
But that
didn’t really make them cat people.
As
he grew up and wasn’t quite so cute any more, Tom wasn’t given
a scratching post or any toys, so he attacked the furniture and
rugs. So, he got shouted at. Unfortunately, he was also left on
his own for up to fifteen hours at a time most days, with nothing
to do except be, in a human’s eyes, ‘naughty’.
The
couple who bought him as a kitten eventually started putting him
out all day. The trouble is, they forgot to leave him any food or
water. The day I picked Tom up after offering to re-home him, he
sat on the side and drank for ten minutes without a break. It was
the middle of summer, and it seemed that somebody had forgotten to
give him a drink.
Fortunately,
Tom isn’t any the worst for his experiences. He’s put on
weight, had a bath and been groomed, and has ensnared a harem of
female judge love-slaves at his first cat show. He’s a sweet cat
without a bad bone in his body, whose worst habit is biting me
whenever I put the de-tangler comb through his fur!
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Persephonies
Korats
