Sandy

Hi, I am Sandy now let me tell you about me and this is my story!

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Life for me has been a lot of fun, I came into this earth with one brother and two sisters, my brother is ginger like me and gets into as much mischief as he can.

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My mother loves us, and when we were tiny all four of us kittens were taken to another place for a brief time, we played and bounced until my sister, one of the tortoiseshell kittens, jumped up onto a shoe cabinet which fell and killed her instantly.

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Shortly after that my sister and I were brought back to the big home we enjoyed so much, my brother was left behind, when we got home as soon as our mother saw us, she jumped onto the cat cage, we were let out and

straight away she played with us, grabbed us, licked us, and tumbled.

As soon as my sister and I could eat we were given ham and chicken which was cut finely and loved it, of course these days it’s just cat food, well the smell of it, YUK.

I always tried to pinch the fresh meat and run behind the oven to eat it on my own. Sometimes the packet would not fit behind the cooker, and I really struggled. Then I grew and could not fit behind the cooker.

Then my sister and I would run up the curtains and swing on the curtain pole until it bent, and we fell down the curtains onto the floor, Christmas was a lot of fun, we enjoyed jumping into a big umbrella with little white balls. The only problem was our lady had to dig them out of our ears and eyes constantly. Once we broke the

umbrella, skidded across the floor and had little white balls all over the house, which we enjoyed even more by skidding more across the loungeroom, I love hiding anything I can get, sometimes my lady finds things like tea bags, bags, small containers under the bed or in her shoes.

Snowy the big white cat is like a second mother, and we all go to her because she gives all of us love and keeps stability in the household.

Spot the black and white cat is so laid back we can do anything with him but when we get too much, we feel the swipe of his paw.

Angel dislikes us and lets us know we have invaded her territory and gives a hiss and growl, so I sit right next to her and edge my paw and tail onto her until she growls then give her that disapproving look and touch her more, she has kind of warmed to me, she now hisses at Possum my sister.

We have always had heaps of love and cuddles and I enjoy getting under the covers every now and then, we were not let outside for a long time, we were taken in that moving thing to a place with a long corridor and left, both my sister and I felt drowsy and as soon as we ate and could stand up our lady was there for us.

We felt uncomfortable for a brief time and were let out of the big carrier to play with the other cats, finally we could venture into the garden, it is so large, all these flying things to go at and plenty of shades, trees, flowers, and the chirping of birds.

Both Possum and I did not go far at first, but we finally got our confidence and kept with the other cats, suddenly Spot went missing and did not return, then Angel went and did not come back, I felt nervous about what happens if I go, where did the other cats go?

Then a grey and white cat came and a black cat, they played like Possum, and I do. Tom now rules the home instead of Spot, he strolls with authority and holds his head high to let us know he is boss.

After a while a lady from across the road brought over a black and white cat who just lays around as though she is the queen and gets heaps of attention when she puts on her cute look and lays around I love jumping into the curtain on the roof it makes a great hammock and I get annoyed when I get poked from underneath i always let out a disapproving Me-ow, I wait until I can hear my human on the phone and jump on the phone cutting her off or kick my back paws out so her cup and the liquid in it goes flying, when she yells “Sandy!!” I know I am in trouble and run for it.

I like to jump up on the shelves in the lounge room and my lady’s favourite lamp was there, so I flicked my paws back and it went flying, she yelled at me I managed a quick escape while she picked up the glass.

When my human is not watching and if she yells at me, I jump up onto a shelf and flick my back paws knocking things flying. Once my human ended up wearing a witch ornament on her head like a hat- it was so funny! I have also managed to flick a glass out of the cupboard, I know when she is angry and lucky for me there are

plenty of places to hide.

I hate bath time and claw and me-ow at everything especially the teeth cleaning, what does she think this is?! I must say I do feel a lot better afterwards, but I smell too nice, I try and find some dirt to roll in as soon as I can.

When there are visitors with a pad, I sit on the paper then twist their stick item in my mouth until they blow in my face, then I stick my bum and tail in their face before leaving. I love handbags, these are great because they have packets with paper, and I like to shred the paper and leave the mess on top or pinch what small item I can

find.

I often hear them say how cute I am, Easter time is great we have special treats like our Easter egg which has catnip and I love rolling on this and getting it all over my fur.

When my human is asleep, I love climbing up the clothes and pulling them off the hangers, so she cannot open the door, when she gets annoyed, I run and hide then come down the stairs as if nothing has happened.

The doors are great fun as well, when I jump onto the shelf and then onto the top of the door it swings with me and when the door goes fast, I jump onto the bed onto another cat and play tumble.

We noticed another two kittens have come and they are so small they get all the attention like we did when we were tiny, then days later another black kitten arrives, and since I am a leader they follow me with as much mischief they can get into.

I love it when my lady does the housework, bed making is wholesome fun, I ruffle up the sheets and try and get into the pillows which helps her a lot and when the table is being done I play with the cloth. When she lifts me up and kisses me, I give a me-ow for disapproval.

Another cat has come, she is grey and has patterns like us although she is always cranky and swipes at every cat, so we all keep our distance except for Starmack the black kitten, he likes to wind her up.

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I found myself cornered by another cat, and I me owed in distress, to my surprise all the cats I live with came to my aid and the stray was chased away and I was safe again.

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Blacky, a black male cat, has also joined us, Snowy likes to go for him, until our human shouts at her. He likes to sleep on top of one of the lounge chairs but the other cat that looks like him does not come in anymore, and most of us do not welcome her since she is not part of our pack.

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Another human with two more cats has joined us and now the cat order has changed again. My mum, Ruby, disapproves of them although they have settled in and are treated like the rest of us. We have all found our favourite spots, I like to jump in the linen cupboard and sleep on anything soft.

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I like to also venture to other gardens, my favourite garden is two doors down, and I sit outside their window. I noticed there are new people there now, so I am wary of them, and since this is my other garden, I will soon win them over because I have been here the longest. Ha Ha! I will wait for my opportunity.

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Did you know?

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That ginger cats are loving and fun, if they are a Bengal then you will find they are intelligent and curious. They enjoy climbing high places, interact well with humans and are very active.

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Hi, I am Sandy, thankyou for reading my story.

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