HOW WE GOT ROCKY BLEU

by JEANINE
(OHIO)

ROCKY BLEU ON FENCE

WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL GRAY CAT NAMED BELLA, AND WHEN HE PASSED, WE MISSED HIM SO MUCH, AND SO, AFTER SOME TIME, AND 4 BLACK KITTENS WE RAISED IN THE MEAN TIME - WE DECIDED TO GET ANOTHER GRAY CAT , OUR 4 BLACK CATS WERE 5 YEARS OLD, SO WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE SHELTER AND GET ANOTHER GRAY CAT - WELL, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT - THERE HE WAS, JUMPING, AND PLAYING IN HIS CAGE, LIKE HE WAS THE HAPPIEST CAT IN THE WORLD! HE HAD BEEN IN THE SHELTER 7 DAYS - ALONE IN A CAGE, AND STILL HE WAS FULL OF LIFE, AND SO HAPPY! WHEN I HELD HIM HE WAS SO DEAR, AND HE GAVE ME A LOVE BITE ON MY HAND, JUST HIS WAY OF SAYING HE LIKED ME - AND TO THIS DAY HE STILL DOES THAT ! HE'S A BITER- BUT NOT MEAN - IT'S JUST ROCKY'S WAY. SO, THEY SAID TO ME, IF YOU WANT A GRAY KITTEN THOSE OVER THERE ARE ALREADY TO GO TODAY, BUT I SAID NO, I WANTED ROCKY, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK NEXT DAY TO GET HIM AS THEY NEUTERED HIM FIRST - WE TOOK HIM HOME, AND HE FIT IN PERFECTLY - THE MOST FULL OF LIFE KITTEN WE HAD EVER SEEN, ( AND WE HAVE SEEN A LOT!!! ) AND WE NAMED HIM ROCKY BLEU - AND A WEEK AFTER WE GOT ROCKY, THE SHELTER HAD IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT THE CATS HAD SOMETHING AND MANY HAD TO BE PUT DOWN - SO WE FELT SO THANKFUL WE GOT ROCKY WHEN WE DID! AND SO SORRY FOR THE OTHERS! FOR A YEAR I SENT PHOTOS TO THE SHELTER OF ROCKY - ON DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS - AND OF COURSE ON HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY - NOW, ROCKY BLEU IS TWO - AND SUCH A DELIGHT - LIKE NO OTHER CAT WE HAVE EVER HAD - AND WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH - PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING SHELTER CATS WHEN YOU WANT A CAT - YOU COULDN'T FIND MORE BEAUTIFUL, OR LOVING CATS - THATS ROCKY'S STORY AND IT GOES ON ......