TEDDY
1992?? - December 2, 2007

My motto:
"Purring is a powerful tool - use it often!"

MY NAME IS TEDDY.
I WAS AN ABANDONED CAT.
MY FORMER CARETAKERS MOVED AND LEFT ME BEHIND �
JUST LIKE A BAG OF DISCARDED RUBBISH!
A NEIGHBOR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ME
WITH 2 MEALS A DAY AND A MAKESHIFT SHELTER ON HER PORCH,
BUT I LIVE IN NEW ENGLAND, WHERE THE WINTERS ARE COLD!
(NEEDLESS TO SAY, OUTDOOR SHELTERS JUST DON�T CUT IT HERE!)
ALSO, I HAD MEDICAL PROBLEMS
AND HADN�T BEEN TO A VET IN YEARS.
WHEN I WAS RESCUED I HAD AN ABCESSED TOOTH (OUCH!),
A SEVERE EYE INFECTION, RESULTING FROM �ENTROPION� (INVERTED EYELIDS)
AND AN UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION.
ADD ALL THAT TO BEING OUSIDE 24-7, ALONE AND SCARED.
I WAS NOT A �HAPPY CAMPER� AS THEY SAY!
AFTER DENTAL AND EYE SURGERY AND LOT�S OF MEDICATIONS
- AND MORE IMPORTANTLY,TLC -
I BECAME A BIG, PURRING, �TEDDY BEAR� � HENCE THE NAME.
NOW I HAVE MY OWN BEDROOM, A CHOICE OF SOFAS FOR NAPS,
AND 3 FELINE COMPANIONS,
WHO ACCEPT ME IN VARYING DEGREES.
HECK, I HAVEN�T EVEN HAD A HAIRBALL
IN A �DOG�S (ERR � I MEAN �CAT�S�) AGE�
SINCE I ALSO HAVE MY OWN SPECIAL FOOD!
AND THE BEST PART ABOUT MY STORY?
I�M A �SENIOR" � CONSIDERED �UN-ADOPTABLE� BY MANY.
YOU�D NEVER KNOW THAT TO SEE ME NOW!

HERE�S A POEM MY �MOM� WROTE ABOUT CATS LIKE ME!

THE FOREVER GIFT

ONCE I WAS A KITTEN �
THEY THOUGHT I WAS SO SWEET.
BUT NOW I�M ALWAYS �IN THEIR FACE�
(OR UNDERNEATH THEIR FEET!)
THEY SAY I�M TOO DEMANDING �
I INTERRUPT THEIR SLEEP.
THEY FORGET THAT I�M A GIFT �
THAT GOD HOPED THEY WOULD KEEP!
I�M MUCH MORE THAN A PLAY THING �
CREATED JUST FOR FUN �
TO BE DISCARDED OR IGNORED,
WHEN THE PLAYING IS DONE.
I WONDER WHY THEY JUST CAN'T SEE
(ALTHOUGH I�M OLD AND SLOW)
THE KITTEN STILL INSIDE OF ME -
THEY ONCE LOVED YEARS AGO!

Copyright 2007 - S.King
SIMBA

I was reunited with Sneakers and Sybil at the Rainbow Bridge
on Dec. 2, 2007.
We'll all be watching you now guys!
Take good care of your humans -
the same way they took good care of me for 5 "peaceful" years!
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