Gary wrote:
> My "Mr.Kitty" lived 19.5 years and we adopted him just as soon as he
> was able to leave the litter. Such a tiny kitten at first. He even
> came down (from upstairs) for short visits each day a month before he
> was able to fend on his own.

That so sweet.

He was my daughter's 9th birthday
> present and soon after became my problem to take care of him.

Problem. Did you feel that at first? I thought it was interesting that
I was the one who had to take care of Ming. I don't even remember why now.

eheheh
> He was the son I never had. Once he got to about age 3 or 4, he owned
> me and the house and not the other way around.

Yeah. That's how it goes. Ming ended up being a very expensive cat....
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I'm sorry.