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August 18, 2002

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Buddy, the Cat of the Day
Name: Buddy
Age: Five years old
Gender: Male
Kind: American shorthair
Home: New Jersey, USA
 
   Under my parents shed lived a raccoon, a possum and a cat. Once day, while we were on a family vacation in London, the cat gave birth to six kittens. My parents could not keep the kittens and decided to bring them to a woman in New York State who lived on a large farm and fostered stray cats. After they were half way to the farm, they noticed there were only five kittens in the carrier!! A lonely kitten had gotten stuck in the cinder block holes and was meeeoowing for its mother. My father rescued him and my mother decided that it was fate that he was left and decided to keep him. He got the name Buddy because he always sat on the couch with my father... hence he was his "buddy." However, the story goes on that my parents' bird Jerry, a cockatiel, did not like Buddy at all. One day when my mother arrived home from work, there was Buddy, hanging off the birds cage by his two front paws!! My mother could not bare to give him away and asked if I would like a cat. I never had a cat before, only dogs and various other animals, and knew nothing about them. I took him home in a cardboard box and it's been love ever since.

    He is the wildest, funniest and most intelligent animal I have ever had. He stalks me on a regular basis and sleeps with my husband and I every night!! I was very lucky the day my Buddy Boy came home with me!! He is a very special friend!!!
 

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