Who?
At the end of March 2002, a cat was WAILING in our yard. I took pity [or rather my ears took pity cos it was hard to sleep] and I asked Rose Marie to look for it. [sex as yet undetermined] The noise came from mum�s chou chou plantation and Rose Marie managed to find it. It was UGLY. It looked like a frog! I mean it. It was blind [his eyes were black] and could not walk. Its claws stuck out of his feet. We made it drink via a syringe [but it would still wail all day]. After a week or two, it managed to walk and started to see�.feet. It could not raise its head so it always sat on our feet. Rose Marie and Clifford [my uncle] said it was a male so Dad agreed to keep it. I started calling him Amalinze but no one liked the name. So we were having lunch one day and looking for a name. Mum came up with Nina. I told her Nina is a female name and it is a male. I said I�d rather name him Nino. Debz was like uggggggh, and then I said �El Nino� Yeah, way cool. [Commonly called Nino]. After a few more weeks, he started eating and walking perfectly.
And now?
Nino is a lively cat. He loves to play and eats a lot more than he should [at times requires vet visits, lol]. He sleeps on my very big balcony. Sometimes he sleeps with us inside [in our beds of course, under the quilt, he loves quilts]. He�s growing quickly and is turning out to be more of a human than a cat. If only he could speak. The only cat he�s in touch with is Calamity�
There was a mix up about his gender. We were not sure whether he was male or female but the last time I brought him to the vet I asked him and he said it�s definitely a he. [Now you can see it clearly]
He�s got deeeeeeeeep green eyes that turn hazel in the sun. He�s really beautiful now and loves human beings, is like a human being actually. |
