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Well, it is natural for every animal to have its matching season. The cats living outside love freely, and make their descendants. The pure bred cats loves someone recommended by their owner, and make lovely kittens. But for us household cats, it seems not to be so simple. When I was a kitten, mom and ex-father hoped to have my kittens. In those days, they were optimistic and dreamed of having many kittens like me. But when my season came, they gave up it at once. Why? Because I was too noisy. If you live with a cat, you know it well. Especially short hair cats like me are so noisy when their seasons come. To make the matter worse, they were living with me secretly. And it was an old wooden apartment. They had to make decision. Yes, they took me to the hospital again to make me a neuter. That is the place that I really don't want to remember. |
| Mom bought me a carry basket. She has heard that I would not be big, so she chose
a lovely small one which became too small for me lately. For they put me in this basket to take me to the hospital, I didn't want to be in it any more, so I resisted being in it. At last, mom gave it up, and put me in her bag. A black, boa bag. Where is it now? I don't think now I can be in it, I think I was so small then. Got on a train, got off a train. We reached that hospital again. Mom and ex-father talked with the doctor. "Well, you'd better put her in my hospital." Said the doctor. "?" "It's much better for her to stay here to be taken good care." "... Well, yes, you're right, we agree." Their conversation was like this, but I'm not sure for I was too nervous. All I remember is that mom seemed to feel like crying. "O.K., don't worry." "Thank you. Tabi, be good, we'll be here again to pick you up soon!" Mom and ex-father went away sadly. "Mom, Dad, don't go away! Don't leave me here alone! Come back! Take me to our home!!" I cried and cried, but it was useless. "Now, shall we start?" said the doctor, and he injected me and put me to sleep. |
| In fact, I don't remember well. I've heard that someone who had terrible experience
often forgets what happened on him/her. It's very useful system for him/her, I think.
And I believe that it is why I forgot almost everything. That was my first experience, staying in a hospital without mom and ex-father. Have you ever stayed in a hospital? If you say yes, I have to say you that it is very different from mine. You human being lie down on a clean bed surrounded by beautiful flowers given by the visitors who care you, and have some good sweet fruits in your small refrigerator! But, we cats are in small cages with no flowers, visitors, nor fruits (I don't want to eat fruits, ha!). (* Her mom wrote: She misunderstands about staying hospital. Maybe she watches too much TV program. Well, but she's watched "er" with me, hum, I don't know why.) For I was in a small cage, I couldn't see around me, but there must have been some other cats and dogs. I could hear their crying. When I woke up first, I could not understand what has happened on me, (I mean I forgot what has happened on me) and was panicked. You know, I was an innocent girl then. Why am I in such a small cage? Where am I? Where're mom and dad? I cried and cried, and fell to sleeping. In my dream, I was home with mom and ex-father being stroked by them. Also they fed me my favorite food, "Okaka" (dried bonito plane). I was happy, and purred. Then, somebody woke me up. It was a nurse who came to feed me some canned food. It must have been good for me, but I didn't want to eat anything. I don't want to eat such kind of canned food still now, for I remember that days and the hospital. My wound did not ache so much, but my heart ached. A home sick. I heard someone said "Ha! Nobody will come here to pick you up!" (She was bad injured by a traffic accident and staying the hospital for a long time, I heard later.) But I believed mom and ex-father, believed that they would come here to pick me up soon, that I would be able to be home again soon. |
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Tabi NAKAMURA
