Clouds

Chapter 10 ~ Cats

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Cats. Honestly I'm not a big fan of them. You might be wondering, "what does Shumai have to do with cats?" Well, Shumai is exactly like a cat. Yet I love Shumai and don't like cats.

I actually liked cats a lot at one point in my life. I liked them ever since a black cat came to our garage and it was friendly and cute. I forget what I named it but it looked as if it was someone's pet because it was so nice. We gave it some food and it stayed with us in our garage for a while. Sadly, when it left I think we only saw the cat one more time as it was quickly running by. But it was really nice to become really close with a cat I didn't even know in one day.

Shumai comes into all this cat stuff because he is so cat-like! For instance, whenever I would throw a ball or a toy, he would run after it and then prance onto it like a cat. He always reminded my whole family of a cats for various reasons. I don't know if it was his whiskers or his cat-like personality but he had to be some what related to them!

Now to get how I started hating cats. When I was little. It all happened when my grandparents took me to a farm in Pennsylvania. When I got to the farm there was the cutest cat I have ever seen. So I chase the cat every where and try to pet him because I was a kid who loved animals and pets. I eventually got up to him and started petting him. He was cute and friendly at first. Then I started rubbing his back and then all of the sudden came up and bit me. I was little so I was scared! I went up to my grandparents and told them what happened and they said,

"We told you not to pet the cat!"

I never heard them say that once, but it's probably because I was running after the cat! Anyway, they said I could have got rabies. But thankfully I didn't, and I was scared of cats ever since.

Anyway, Shumai also walks like a cat. For instance whenever Shumai would walk he would do it very cat-like by walking slowly and having is body standing up kind of tall. I never even had a cat, I only know that he walked like one because of the one that came to our garage.

My mom did have a cat when she was little so she would know much more about cats then me. But, not only did my mom know about cats, but she knew about a lot of other pets too! She had a dog, two cats, and a bunny. I know that might not seem like a lot of pets but it was to me.

Our house a long time ago actually had a lot of pets. To start off with our house was blue. Not that their is anything bad with that, it's just not the color I would prefer for a house. Now to get to the pets, they had snakes. Keep in mind my mom hates snakes. They also had a three legged cat. Ya, you didn't think it could get any worse. My parents said the cat would always hide under a bed or something. Also, (not really having to do with pets) but you know in scary movies there is always a kid going crazy and not leaving their room and screaming all the time. Well, there was a kid who was in my sisters room and she never let anyone in it. I'm so lucky I'm not in my sisters room because I would be freaked out. But, she could've been super nice, but I'm just very curious why she wouldn't let anyone in her room.

Well, now we are completely of topic but as much as I don't like cats it's crazy that so many people I know have one. Before I usually go to their houses it goes a little something like this.
"Hey, your not allergic to anything, like cats?" My friend usually says.
"No (but I should be)" I exclaim.
"Great!" She says.
But, some cats are great and I actually love playing with them. Not that crazy bitting cat, but some! Thank god Shumai wasn't actually a cat!