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August 14, 2003

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Ally, the Cat of the Day
Name: Ally
Age: Two years old
Gender: Female
Kind: Dilmun
Home: Al Jassra, Bahrain
 
   Ally is a Dilmun (these are feral cats found on the Middle-East island of Bahrain). Ally adopted us when she was around four weeks old. She was crying in the corner of the garden, and there was no sign of her mum or the rest of the litter, so we took her inside. It soon became clear that she was going to be a permanent addition to the family, and she wasted no time at all in taking over the house and making herself at home. She loves lying on the PC monitor in winter, and always manages to put a paw or her tail over the exact spot I am trying to read. She waits by the window for me to come home from work, then whilst I am cooking supper, she jumps up into the kitchen cupboards and tries to land her toys into the food, or onto my head!

    Dilmun cats are very slim and sleek, with narrow faces and beautifully expressive yellow or green eyes. Ally is an indoor cat, and she loves sleeping in a patch of sun on the bed whilst we are at work. She loves playing with fluffy balls, which she "hunts" around the house until she has "killed" them, and then proudly presents them to me! She loves to snuggle up with her family to watch TV, and has been knows to "kill" the mouse pointer on the computer screen, or walk across the keyboard if she feels she is not getting enough attention. If you tell Ally she is "Naughty" she will answer back by opening her mouth and making a funny squeaky noise! Ally thinks she is a very lucky cat, to have been rescued from outside, and we think we are a very lucky family, because Ally landed in our garden!

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