Nieces' Cats
My nieces' first cat was one that they found at their school. They brought the cat home, everyone adored the cat so much, and... they didn't get it spayed. So after a school break at our hometown, it got pregnant and gave birth to four kittens, all were named with girl names.
Three of the kittens died. After a few months -- only recently, at a family BBQ -- we found out that the last kitten was actually a male. Bummer. Imagine three girls receiving the news that the girl cat they adored so much was actually a boy.
The mother still didn't get spayed, got pregnant again and gave birth to six(!) baby cats yesterday. The girls asked me to name the new kittens, and if they are male, they are to be named after football players. First lesson about cats finally learned: not all cats are born female.
"ML, Mommy nak hantar most of them to Pusat Jagaan." I'm sure they meant SPCA.
"Kenapa?"
"Mommy cakap nanti kita orang tak larat nak jaga semua."
"Tapi tau tak kalau tak ada siapa-siapa ambik kucing tu after some time, diorang akan matikan?" That's the way it works there, right?
"Ya ke? *scream in unison* Kenapa...?"
"Memang macam tu sebab terlampau banyak kucing yang dihantar kat situ."
"Tapi yang ni tak mungkin orang tak nak, ML. Diorang comel sangat. Yang satu tu warna putih tompok-tompok..." Right, like it is the only 'putih tompok-tompok' cat in the world. You yourself are giving them away, remember?
"Is there any white with brown spots?"
Took a minute to check, "Ada!"
"Cakap dengan Mommy tak payah hantar la. Jaga semua je. Kebarangkalian nak hidup semua pun bukan tinggi kot? Last time, daripada empat, satu je yang hidup kan?"
"ML ni! *scream*"
"So, ML nak bagi nama apa ni?" they asked.
"Nanti ML fikir dan bagitau."
I'm not a pet person, my only pet is my Twitter, but today I texted them that if the white with brown spots kitten is a girl, name it [insert a character from Twilight, no, not Bella], and if it's a boy, name it [insert another character from Twilight. Not Edward. Please.]. (Nineteen days to Eclipse!) Will name the rest later. I have a feeling, after my little information-sharing, the cats won't be sent away.
Three of the kittens died. After a few months -- only recently, at a family BBQ -- we found out that the last kitten was actually a male. Bummer. Imagine three girls receiving the news that the girl cat they adored so much was actually a boy.
The mother still didn't get spayed, got pregnant again and gave birth to six(!) baby cats yesterday. The girls asked me to name the new kittens, and if they are male, they are to be named after football players. First lesson about cats finally learned: not all cats are born female.
"ML, Mommy nak hantar most of them to Pusat Jagaan." I'm sure they meant SPCA.
"Kenapa?"
"Mommy cakap nanti kita orang tak larat nak jaga semua."
"Tapi tau tak kalau tak ada siapa-siapa ambik kucing tu after some time, diorang akan matikan?" That's the way it works there, right?
"Ya ke? *scream in unison* Kenapa...?"
"Memang macam tu sebab terlampau banyak kucing yang dihantar kat situ."
"Tapi yang ni tak mungkin orang tak nak, ML. Diorang comel sangat. Yang satu tu warna putih tompok-tompok..." Right, like it is the only 'putih tompok-tompok' cat in the world. You yourself are giving them away, remember?
"Is there any white with brown spots?"
Took a minute to check, "Ada!"
"Cakap dengan Mommy tak payah hantar la. Jaga semua je. Kebarangkalian nak hidup semua pun bukan tinggi kot? Last time, daripada empat, satu je yang hidup kan?"
"ML ni! *scream*"
"So, ML nak bagi nama apa ni?" they asked.
"Nanti ML fikir dan bagitau."
I'm not a pet person, my only pet is my Twitter, but today I texted them that if the white with brown spots kitten is a girl, name it [insert a character from Twilight, no, not Bella], and if it's a boy, name it [insert another character from Twilight. Not Edward. Please.]. (Nineteen days to Eclipse!) Will name the rest later. I have a feeling, after my little information-sharing, the cats won't be sent away.
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