Part 1 : Hi there, I'm Goose

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Hi there, my name is Goose.
Handsome, smart and a very good looking red cat. I'm the master of the house and I live there with my sister Miss Baileys ( yeah she's named after the drink ) and my servants. I was born on a farm, the smallest of the pack, but hey, I have the looks right ! My sister is 1 minute and 24 seconds older than me, so she thinks she's the boss. Mouhahahahaha that's what I like her to think. But she's cute.  The farmer didn't want us, he told his wife to find us a home or drown. Never heard of drowning, but it felt not right. The farmers wife was nice, she cleaned up my mess, gave us a warm blanket and made sure there was everything we needed. My mom took care of the rest. The farmer wasn't that nice, he kicked the box, talked about us as "IT" and never said anything nice. So the first weeks I tried to look around and stay low... that man was a mean one my mom said. Be careful she said, don't make him angry and focus on being nice. I played with my sister and my mom made sure I didn't do anything wrong.
When we we're 5 weeks old a young girl came in, I never saw her before... she looked nice, she talked to the farmers wife and I could only understand that she gave me a name. A name, I was no longer "IT" .... oh wauw... a name, a real name !! I got excited, ran to my mom and told her that from now on, my name was Goose. She looked up to me and my sister and hold us tight. She knew that the day would come to say goodbye. I was way to excited to see the tears in her eyes. I'm Goose conquerer of the world !!

My mom prepared us for our goodbyes, she started to teach us manners, she learned us to behave and she taught us to survive. The most important lesson she told us, was to watch out and to always be careful. Another week went by, the farmers wife gave my sister the name Miss Baileys. Hahaha, a drink ... a damn drink. My sister looked at my with a deadly look in her eyes. Oh oh, run Goose, hide... when she gets you. You know folks, my sister can be very annoying sometimes. She feels like she's a princess and we all have to treat her like that. Well, she can think whatever she wants , I'm the king of the world remember?
I love playing hide and seek. Count to ten and try to find me. The perfect hide out was under my mom, I was still tiny enough to make sure they couldn't find me. I had a blast. My sister is a real girl, she stands hours before the mirror, she keeps talking for hours that even my ears hurt. When she doesn't get what she wants... oh for cats sake... she meows the whole neighborhood awake.
But I do love her, it would be hard to never see her again.

The girl that gave me a name came more often, she chased me through the room, she wanted to cuddle, to hold me, to rub my belly. Yikes ... I don't want that. She had her mom and dad with her. Hey wait a minute! Why are you holding my sister? Why are you holding her up. No way !! Is it? Is my sister joining me? Are we moving together? I looked at her all excited and I would have my sister with me the whole time. Well I was excited at that moment, she is really annoying sometimes people, she really is. But the fact that these people would take the both of us, made me super excited. Away from the farm, away from that annoying creep who often yelled at us and kept saying he would drown us.
Little did we know, this would be the last week together with mom.
Our mom looks just like my sister, she has many colors and she's slim and fast. And my mom is the smartest cat on the planet 🌎 she taught me to behave, even to behave my temper and she taught me kindness, love, respect and gratitude.
The week passes by and the time was there to say goodbye. There they are, all ready to take us with them. Are they kind enough? Will they hurt me and my sister? Will they give us a good life?
I got scared, I said goodbye to mama , she licked my head and ears and whispered that we would have to be strong. "Take care of you sister big boy, mama will always love you". The people putted me in a box together with my sister. My mom and the farmers wife we're standing in the doorway. We got into a car and drove off ...

A new adventure would be waiting, a new adventure where me and my sister would be together.

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