It's true. Before Damien and Demitri and Vladimir, I hated cats. The reason? Big Fat Kitty. She is the meanest cat I have ever encountered and seeing as she was the first cat I ever encountered, she spoiled my attitude towards cats.
Big Fat Kitty is a Beast with no personality. When I was little, I would just pet her head and then she'd turn and bite me. I feared and hated her. Since she was the only cat I had contact with from age 1 to 15, I really didn't like cats. I hated them and their sharp nails and fangs. They were villainous creatures to me.
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| Vladimir |
And then I met Vladimir.
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| Vlad in our cabinet |
Vladimir was a stray four-week-old kitten that my aunt saw (along with his four brothers and sisters) in my deceased grandmother's backyard. The next day my mom, aunt and I went to the house to look for the litter of kittens. We were just about to give up when I looked over the brick wall separating my grandmother's property from the neighbor's and guess what? 10 little eyes were staring at me.
I locked eyes with the little gray one that soon became my first beloved cat. After taking them to the local shelter, we took in young Vladimir.
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| My first day with Damien and Demitri |
We still don't know why Vladimir died 4 months later but it was probably a disease or something that he caught his 4 weeks as a newborn in the wild. My mom, sister and I were so devastated that we went to another shelter and adopted Damien and Demitri (then named Dewey and Huey, respectively.)
After learning how cats are actually fun and cute from Vlad, Damien and Demitri, I became converted into a cat person.
I still love dogs and I love Jasper and Delilah (my own dogs) dearly but... now I could say that I am completely in love with cats.
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