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| Name: |
Kymball
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Age: |
Deceased, Fourteen years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Calico, Siamese mix
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| Home: |
Richland, Washington, USA
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Kymball
is special because she was so loving. She was the kind of cat that
everyone liked. She was very friendly and yet just independent enough that
she was perfect.
Kymball was my cat for the past twelve years. She was at least fourteen
years old. She was a stray that I took home from school. She showed up
every morning wanting attention. Thursday morning I got permission from my
landlord to take her home, so I put her in my classroom, and made a vet
appointment that afternoon for her shots, spay, and check-up. That
afternoon when one of my classes came in the room, one of my students,
Allison, who was afraid of cats, screamed at her, which scared her out of
the classroom. My students looked and looked for her... she was gone. I
thought that it would really be ok as she was at school every morning so
she would be there again tomorrow. Friday morning... nothing. Now this
cat, whom had been with me all of about three hours... I missed terribly!
I canceled the vet appointment, and moped. Early Saturday morning I got a
phone call from the janitor telling me that the cat was back and that she
locked her in my classroom. So I remade the vet appointment for that
afternoon and went down to my classroom around eleven to pick her up to take
her some food and to the vet. I had two of my students with me. When we
were taking her to the car, she jumped out of Garrett's (my student) arms
and took off. I was not about to lose her again! We chased her down and it
took us about 45 minutes to catch her, climbing fences and getting in and
out of neighbors' yards!!!!! Finally, she was safe and secure and brought
home.
Now she needed a name... she was a stray and she was starving. She ate
anything and everything and ate is as fast as she could, but was still
sleek and trim. She reminded me of the character in Kindergarten Cop...
Phoebe O'Hara (who ate also everything and was tiny!!!)... but I didn't
like either name. But her partner John Kimble (played by Arnold
Schwarzenegger) had a name I liked. So I played with the spelling and
Kymball it was.
She was a very affectionate cat, and loved everyone. She was very
persistent in getting her way. She would groom the dogs and Keaton (my
other cat). When Baerring (my dog) was a puppy she used to sleep on top of
him. She was very jealous of my boyfriend. When he was over, we would
watch a movie either on the bed or on the couch and she had to be between
us. She was not content to be on either lap, but had to be in the middle
of us. We used to joke as there was always a "Kymball" between us. I will
miss her cuddling with me at night as she most always slept at my head on
my shoulder. It was a wonderful twelve years and I miss her very much.
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