In the Eyes of Dinah Clementine Butterfly Embry

Chapter 7: My New Home

"New home? What in the world is he talking about? My home is at the pound, in the cage. Right? Well now I am not so sure."

I could hear the man open a door as he called out,

"I'm home! And I brought a little friend back with me."

Then I could feel lots of excitement in the air and hear the pitter patter of little feet as they ran toward us. Then I heard the footsteps of someone walking calmly towards us. As the feet got closer I could hear to little voices calling out to the man,

"Did you get her? Did you get her?"

"Yes, yes. Now calm down. I am going to let her out, but don't touch her. You might scare her if you do. Then she could run behind the couch and never want to come out. Just follow her around for a little while and let her smell you if she comes near you."

"Okay Daddy."

Then the top of the carrier started to open. I blinked a few times as my eyes started adjusting to the bright light. I still couldn't really see when a pair of hands reached into the carrier and lifted me out. When they put me down I could see again and I was very scared. I was in a place that I had never been in before. Around me was the family that had come to see me about a week ago. The youngest was the in the corner squealing for joy. I cautiously started to explore this new place. From what I could see this place was a lot bigger than my cage had been and also had a lot more things in it. On two of the walls there were giant things that looked like they would be fun to climb. I made a note to try and climb them later. I started walking towards the tallest lady. I walked right up to where she was kneeling and smelled her knee. She held out her hand for me to smell. I smelled it. From what I could tell it seemed like she had been cooking some kind of bird. Most likely chicken. I decided that she was nice enough and gave her a small lick on the hand. Then I explored the area on the way to the man. I smelled his hand and started to purr and rub on him because I already mostly trusted him. Then I went over to the smallest child and started to smell her knee when she said in a very cute high pitched voice,

"Hello there Dinah! Oh you are just so cute I want to squeeze you!"

Then she squeaked hardly able to contain herself. I gave her an approving lick and then continued on to the next girl. When I came to her I started like all of the others. I smelled her knee and then smelled her hand. I gave her a lick on the hand and then started to go and investigate the rest of whatever this place was called before they put me back into my cage.

At this point I didn't know yet that this was where I was going to stay. I thought that they were just letting me roam around free for a little while and then they were going to put me back into my cage.

As I was exploring as quickly as I could I realized that all of the humans were following me as I walked all around, back and forth, and smelled the air. They were very interested in me for some reason and didn't want to let me out of there sight. At first I thought that they wanted to ask me something so I tried asking them. Then I remembered that humans don't speak the language that cats do so I just continued exploring since there was nothing else to do. After about half an hour of exploring I thought that it was time for a nap. So I retraced my steps and found the place in the first room that I had started at and laid down in a tight ball. When both of the girls sat down next to me I got nervous and was thinking of bolting when the older one started to pet me. And oh how wonderful that felt. So I stayed where I was and started purring. Then when the younger one joined the older one in petting me, well I was in cat heaven. After that I don't know what happened because I fell into a deep dreamless sleep. The best kind if you ask me.

When I awoke I was once again awakened by the man. He picked me up and my first thought was,

"No, No I don't want to go back into that horrible carrier!"

I started to kick and fight but he had a strong hold on me. Then instead of taking me to the carrier he took me to another room and set me down gently. Inside off to one side of the room in the corner there were two dishes. And what I had been hoping for, a litter box. So then I went into the litter box and did my business. When I came out the people seemed very happy and started praising me. Then they started talking about things that I didn't understand so I went over to inspect the two dishes. I found that one was food and the other was water. It had been a while since I had eaten so I went to try the food. It tasted so much better than the food I had in my cage. It tasted like the finest salmon and had a very inviting smell. I began to eat till I could hardly take another bike. Then I took a long drink of water. I was about to go back and explore when I saw the man go to the door and close it. I knew that I was locked in so I went and cuddled up in the bathtub.