Somebody's Darlings

By B.J. Lamberti

The practice of keeping pets is a growing phenomenon worldwide. Dogs and cats are arguably the most popular conduits of learning for children. There is a growing scientific curiosity what impact these companion animals have on the psychological well-being, health and emotional lives of children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
• Release date: Dec 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781684862856

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Meow Meow Cat

There lives a Tortoiseshell cat who wears silky black fur and a tawny mane. Meow Meow Cat looks intimidating with the ruffs around her neck. At the end of her face coarse whiskers bristle like antennae. All twenty-four whiskers are arranged just beside her nose on both cheeks with four parallel rows boasting three whiskers apiece. They are her pride and joy. Her wide hazel eyes are like yellow reflective pavement markers. They allow her to detect movement in near darkness. Her vertical split cut pupils let you know the measure of her sensitivity. Meow Meow Cat narrows her eyes to signal when she is aroused, angry, fearful or experiencing pleasure. This is especially true when she sees a catnip mouse.

Her tail is long and thick, and when she is angry at other interfering cats, it grows astonishingly big around. It swishes furiously around keeping time to her growls. Meow Meow Cat takes as much pride in her cushioned paws as she does in her tail and whiskers. Her paws are her only sweat glands with sharp claws extending from them to collect mice when their backs are turned.

Meow Meow Cat spends the darkest hours of the night traveling along the fence tops and walls communicating to the other cats in a low-pitched moan that develops into a yowl. Meow Meow Cat’s yowls compose up to one hundred different sounds. Often her yowl is drawn out and quite loud. The yowling continues until it is returned by other alley cats. One day Meow Meow Cat finds herself in an animal shelter after doing combat with a jealous, aggressive and territorial Siamese cat. It is at the website animal pet rescue.org recovery that she is claimed by her new owner.

Meow Meow Cat’s feral cat attitude isn’t the greatest in her new surroundings. She soon discovers she is free from other feral cats but now cohabitates with a Cavapo Cavalier King Charles named Ruffles. They are friends up to a point. They will share a rug, a soft chair or toys; however, when it comes to their food plates, a line is drawn. Ruffles stretches back her upper lip exposing her upper teeth in defense of her food. Meow Meow Cat arches her back, straightens her tail and swishes it in rhythm to the dog’s