Fraidy - True Stories from a Sassy Cat

By Philip E. Burrow

Fraidy, True Stories from a Sassy Cat is the story of a yellow Tabby cat that came up the hard way, thrown out at an early age and forced to fend for herself on a busy city street in Charlotte, NC. Bedding down in tall grass beside a big garage during daylight hours, she came out at night to catch crickets, frogs, moths, and such for her daily rations. Such table fare proved barely enough for survival and she soon became emaciated and rail thin.

 

A kind and gentle woman near the big garage caught a fleeting glimpse of her at dusk one day and called to her. It was to no avail. The gaunt cat quickly dashed out of sight behind a corner of the garage. She was fearful of any human contact, vividly remembering her earlier abuse. The kind woman, being an animal lover, and having a soft spot in her heart for abandoned cats in particular, began a mission to befriend and help the fearful and emaciated cat. The telling of this rescue story and the later human/cat love story that evolved is the tale told in this book.

 

The fearful, skinny yellow cat was to become healthy, confident, and downright sassy at times! Sometimes good things happen in life. Fraidycat, AKA Fraidy for short, developed a close communication bond with the kind woman who rescued her, and also with the woman's husband who became her male peep and so earned the right to tell Fraidy's story in her voice and from her perspective.

 

The stories span a fifteen-year time period. The story is unlike most cat stories, being told in the voice of Fraidy and from her viewpoint. "Even if you don't like my stories, you can still make good use of the included blank Multi-Cat Diary," Fraidy explains (paperback version only). It offers cat owners an easy-to-use diary to record their pet's birth and health records, special moments, and other milestones. "Like when I do my 'Flipsey-Doodle' move to amuse and delight my beloved peeps, who I nicknamed "Bossman" and "Bosslady" during one of my extra sassy moments," Fraidy says. Buyers of the e-book version are provided a "go by" model so they can create their own cat diary with any word processor.

• Language: English
• Publisher: 82 Media LLC
• Release date: Sep 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781943007196

Philip E. Burrow

Philip is a former newspaper reporter, advertising salesman, and specialty newspaper publisher (antiques) turned book writer. Words and he have a history, and they’ve been on and off, hot and cold. They’ve had break-ups and make-ups. During all this, he’s lived in Seagrove, Wilmington, Robbins, Raleigh, and Greensboro, all North Carolina towns, in that order. Then, being still young and dumb, and feeling practically invincible, he tried Richmond, VA, Phoenix, AZ, and Hot Lanta, Georgia, called Atlanta by some folks. Now, he’s landed in Florida, close to a mouse with big ears. He will read most any book EXCEPT fiction, including encyclopedias and dictionaries (well, a page or two every few years). That’s a pity because multitudes love fiction and it’s where the big money is, and he should be reading it to learn how to write it. That’s okay, though, because enough money is enough when you really think about it. Biographies, adventure stories, how-to’s, histories, and art books stay the longest in his bookcases.

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10 percent of all monies received from the sale of this book will be donated to the following

animal shelter:

Lake County Animal Shelter

28123 County Road 561

Tavares, FL 32778

Phone: [phone]

Their adoptions include initial vaccines, deworming, rabies vaccine, HW (dog) or FIV/FeLV (cat) testing, microchip, tag, and sterilization. It’s a great deal for anyone wanting a cat or dog.

Fraidycat hopes you will visit soon and adopt a cat.  

Fraidy

True Stories from a Sassy Cat

e-Book Copyright ©2022

By Philip E. Burrow

Published in the United States by Fraidycat Press, an imprint of

82 Media LLC

All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or part in any form, without permission. Send an e-mail to the following to request permission: [e-mail].

Disclaimer: The contents of this book are based solely on the experiences of the cat named Fraidycat, AKA Fraidy. The author or publisher will not be held responsible in any way for any results that happen, or not happen, from acting upon any suggestions or opinions offered in the book.

ISBN-10: 1-943007-13-6 Paperback ©2019

9781943007196 E-Book ©2022

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to Donna, who has to be the best Kitty Mommy in the entire world.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Fraidycat, Bosslady, and Bossman wish to here acknowledge and say Thank you to our next door neighbors who have patiently endured Fraidy’s continued refusal to find another place to pee in the morning — a place other than that six-inch strip of sand right up against the left side of their home. We are very grateful, dear friends and neighbors.

PREFACE

How can a cat tell her or his story to a human?, you may be wondering. I can answer that. Has your cat ever looked at you as if she, or he, would like to open its mouth and just speak to you?

Truth is, it does want to communicate with you. It's just up to the two of you to work out how to get this communication done. Often, this just never happens. If it did, I guess there would be more books written by cats. Some are very smart, you know.

Me and one of my peeps, Bossman, worked it out though. I will tell you how we do it and you can probably make the same magic happen with your cat. Or cats, should you be fortunate enough to have more than one of the fine feline kind.

I can just sit upright and stare at him intently and he will receive my message. Or I can recline, as I was doing in the picture on the front cover. We did the whole book this way. I would stare directly at him; he would receive my thoughts and type. It’s just so Easy Peasy.