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October 26, 1998

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Pasha, the Cat of the Day
Name: Pasha
Age: Eight months old
Gender: Female
Breed: Domestic Shorthair
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
   Pasha is both a breathtaking joy and a staggering nightmare. This is not astonishing news, I suspected it would be so from the moment I laid eyes on her. Indeed, it was love at first sight; but the permanent, irreparable bond between woman and beast transpired during the three-minute journey home as Pasha squawked, hissed and nearly slashed her way out of the cardboard carrier kindly provided by the animal shelter.

    This kitten has attitude in spades - just eight months old and clearly the devil incarnate. Sowing the seeds of destruction, ahhhh, that's her foible. She derives extraordinary satisfaction in freeing plant roots from the evil earth they inhabit. She is a feline wood chipper of fine carpets and a fierce and mighty huntress of exquisite leather footwear. But Pasha does tire of such noble pursuits. When sated by havoc, she glides majestically, triumphantly atop the rubble and into my welcoming embrace. After much purring, squeaking and kneading of my hair, she is exorcised. In my lap lies a vulnerable and docile creature - on her back, limbs akimbo, head nestled in my palm, one lip creeping to the side to permit flow of the Bliss Drool that's emitted in abundance. I am smitten, incapacitated, drunk on love.
 

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