I'm No Troublemaker

GOOGIE'S GRITS:

"Ah had a slight tiff with big Bella just a while ago. Ah was standing right outsade the keetchen next to mah little Getty when Bella decided to walk out of the room and she apparently felt Ah was in the way. She couldn't just mand her own beesiness and keep walking past me. She had to stop and go through a whole litany of past misdeeds, who did what to whom, scoot down a little more, stretch her ears back and hiss at me.

"Whaat DO you want from me, Bella?", Ah stood impassively and looked at her as if nothing notable was happening. Mand you, Ah had little Getty on mah right, scooting and watching this whole scene and Ah did not want to scare her or disappoint her bah bullying big Bella.. Mah Getty is friends with her and Ah wanted to make a good show of it.. AH wasn't the troublemaker here.

"You always have to get in my way! YOUR role is not to guard the kitchen! ", she hissed. "Ah don't know what you're talking about, Bella. Ah'm just standing here talking with Getty.." She finally walked on with her big belly swinging from side to side. "

Miss Getty's Fury

BABY G:

"I had to endure another nasty scene with that miss Getty.. Tha.. special one I'm supposed to watch - and watch out for. Daddy and mommy Pipi have told me that.. Cause dey watch for her and take care of her and I'm supposed to, too - that has been made very clear to me.

So dees time, we're all up on mom's bed with her. And I'm laying next to Daddy, not a care in the world. Until miss Getty climbs back up for the second or third time. See, every time mom moves, Getty gets antsy and jumps off. So now she lost her place and I moved closer to Daddy and she didn't like dat. So she comes over my way and starts to attack me, like dees peeechure here below.

She just wanted me to move away so she could be with Daddy herself. I just stood my ground and stretched my neck back, my ears flat, my eyes closed - and prayed for this moment to END. And it did, thanks to mom, she told Getty the 'no' word and Getty stopped her nonsense. "  

The Door To Nowhere

"Ah have lived mah life in peace with mom in this house. Ah ain't nevah wondered what maght be, or what maght be out there beyond that door. Every single tame she done open dat door, Ah had stayed back and waited patiently and Ah did that for years.

Until Bella came along. She done put ideas in mah head, she tails me about a whole other world out there she's seen. She done go out there she says, bafawre she came to our house.. And that there is more to lafe, she says, than lafe in this house. And she tails me this with utter certainty, you see. She put ideas in mah head like that and then she steps back and complahs with mom becoze she says: "Mom just doesn't want you to know all about what's out there."

Well AH'M now quate curious.. Now, every tame mom done open the door, Ah get more and more curious and not only stick mah neck out, Ah take steps to get out and see for mahself. Well, SOME steps, anywah.. Eet's the forbidden territory that Bella has been tawlking about. "

Airborne From The Shadows

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD - With BIG BELLA:

"Every night - or day for that matter - when we need to leave mom lady's room, we have a problem, miss Bella and I; either one of us.

We have to pass the red cubie and that's where that wild minx Katie is hiding on the down low, waiting to ambush from the shadows. And so, we have a problem. Cause the cubie is right outside mom lady's door.

So every night, when miss Bella has to leave the room, she hesitates. She stands just before the red cubie, and mulls over her escape. Then she finally makes a run for it, quickly bolting past the cubie just so she's not ambushed and pawslapped.

I, on the other hand, after my own premedidation, end up gathering up my strength, balancing my back legs, and leap over the cubie. This way, it is impossible for that krazy Katie to pawslap and hiss at me. I become airborne over her and she can't even catch me.  Baby does that too.

Unfortunately, miss Bella can't jump like that, her belly's too big. She has told us about the pitfalls of having to pass by that cubie and so, Baby and I have followed her advice. "

An Entitled Little Minx

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:

"Just look at that entitled little minx.. Taking her liberties with the bunny and everything.. 

Tonight, she even climbed on top of that other chair and crawled under the blankie on it and started harassing me.. Cause I was right below it.   Had to crawl out myself, hissing in indignation."

Can't Have That

KATIE KITTY:

"I am the jumper. I scale the highest places in this house - paws down! I scale the big "wall system" like nobody else can. And I scale the top of the kitchen "cabinets" where I can reach close to the ceiling.

And I am NOT about to be shown UP!.. Let me tail you that, just to be clear.
So when I see that silly Baby scale MY spot? Up on top of the kitchen 'cabinets', way up high close to the ceiling? I will NOT let that BE!

I attacked him on his back full-on with a primal growl in no uncertain terms, making my point clear. You DON'T show ME up here! I'M the only jumper and YOU are in my charge! Stuck him up against the corner, he had nowhere to go. Until mom turned around and saw me and I had to split on the double and act like I did not care. "

Like A Furry Ballerina

KATIE KITTY:

"I can jump just as high as that crazy Baby. Yes, I CAN.

We're all getting a little sick and tired watching him show off every time mom holds the furry tail in front of him. He starts jumping so high, twisting up in the air... Well!

I have started doing the very same feat myself ! I have to show what I'M made of !! So I jump-N-twist up in the air just like HE does.

I'm like a naked furry ballerina. Why even that docile miss Priss has gotten into the act. "

A Test of Wills

BELLA'S BITS: A TEST OF WILLS

"I got mom to give up her seat on the big chair in front of the TV thing.

I waited while snoozing in my catbed across the floor until she got up to go to the kitchen. And just as fast, I got up and claimed that chair. Because it's the power chair.

She came back, looked at me, and said "That's my seat". I ignored her, pretended I did not understand. So she sat at the edge, in front of me. So now, here we were, both on the power chair, her ass halfway up against my belly. I know these maneuvers. She's hoping her ass will edge ME out - but it's HER ass that's on the edge.

I wasn't giving in. I waited patiently. She turned to look down at me, I guess to check my resolve as I did not move, I did not even shift:

"Meh! ", I looked up and politely declared I'm not leaving, my eyes as wide as can be, looking straight into hers. Have some pity on me.

She got up with a sigh and plopped her furless ass down on the couch.

I won. My butt can compete against her butt any day ! "

Separated

GOOGIE'S GRITS:

"Ah would like to announce that at this tame, Little Getty and Ah have separated.

It is an amicable separation, we still laauve each other.

Ah need mah space (and mah sanity back) and so Ah have given her mah favorite chair as part of the deal, while Ah have retreated down on the ground floor for the naght.

Ah can't be squeezed and trampled on while Ah'm trying to sleep. And Ah have told her not to come down and bother me, so she stays up on mah chair."

What Do I Know?

BELLA:

"Mom came down this morning and we all got up and joined her in the kitchen. I took my spot on the rug next to the lookout. And then she started saying:

"Where is Daddy Googie?" No one responded.

She then looked right at me and said: "Where is Gabriel??"

I looked right back and quickly answered: "Meah! "

By that, I hope I had absolved myself from any association or implication of his demise..."

My One Rule

GOOGIE'S GRITS:

"Ah have ONE rule.. And one rule only:

You do nawt jump and roll on tha big scratch post thang WITHOUT mah permission. AH am the keeper of the scratch post thang, even though Ah nevah use it as suuuch, eet eez a coveted object lake our pack's "monoleeeth" which AH feel eet needs to be protected and guarded - at AWL tames. [and most probably because it is a phallic stick covered by carpet shooting up in da air!! ]

And therefawre, AH ain't gonna let the likes of wayward minxes like Katie Kitty saunter up and roll all ovah it without getting my express blessing and approval first.

She nevah duuuzz.. And therefawre, Ah will give chase every tame. Ambushed her bah cawmplete surprase this last tame. "

I Get Her Back

DEPUTY BABY G:   "I GET 'ER BACK! "

"When I hear something that sounds like... "yooouuu little [ ] !", I head for the hills. I scram real fast before she even finishes THAT sentence, and fly in the other direction and take cover. 

Cause I know I've done something wrong - but I don't know half the times what it was, I do a lot of things, so... I just know that THAT sound? Don't sound too good to ME and I gotta get outta the way.

Now, don't get me wrong: I get her back when she goes to the kitchen. I take my spot up on top of the "refrigerator" and then I start in on her, crowing and meowing, yelling and demanding.. Non-stop.

I get her back."

Something's Got To Break

GOOGIE'S GRITS:

"There are certain pressures that AH will not succumb to in mah own territory. Ah got leettle Babeh on one paw, watching him, taking care of him.. Ah got leettle Getty on the other paw, giving her awl Ah've got day and naght.. Ah got momma to go to and take care of HER needs, give her awl mah love .. which Ah don't get to do every single mornin' cause Ah got Getty awl over me.. Ah got that little meenx, Katie, giving me her looks .. Well somethang's got to break, sometames.

Sometames, AH've had it pretty much up to mah ears and Ah won't put up with eitha miss Katie's looks or mah Pipi's shenanigans. Ah'll chase that leetle minx up the stairs lake Ah'm on fire; show HER what AH'm made of. And Ah'll scruff mah Pipi every tame Ah get a chance.

Whah, last tame Ah took a stroll toward the keetchen with leetle Getty we took a pause bah the steps there and next thang Ah knew, that leetle minx came after us and charged past us up the steps - and then turned around and eyeballed me in a stalking stance no less, holding her butt up in the air, challenging me. She wanted mah attention and she GOT mah attention. Ah gave her chase all the way up the steps and into mom's room where she had to hade from me."

Leading The Charge

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD: "LEADING THE CHARGE"

"I know what the sound of a can opening means, I'm worldly enough. And that is why I rush into the kitchen and put the heat on mom lady.

I'm the only one leading the charge."

Song Of My People

Above:  Baby G (ginger) and Katie Kitty are alerted to Getty's cries.

LITTLE GETTY:

It's that time of the night again when Little Getty starts in with her lamentations of pain and sorrow as she stole to the kitchen by herself to cry out loud. 

And as she started with the first strains of her song of pain, Katie Kitty sat up on the chair to watch, Bella turned to look over, and Baby came down the steps to her rescue with his neck outstretched toward her.

As the pack focused in on her like spectators of a train wreck, Little Getty never hit a second note. She quieted down and kept it low key.

More Than I Signed Up For

DEPUTY BABY G and LITTLE GETTY:

"Daddy told me that I was to back him up in all he does so I have followed him and watched him closely for so long now. I have ran to miss Getty's crying, tended to her needs but this is just a little more than what I thought I'd signed up for.

Not only did she climb into bed with me, she now slapped me silly upside the head! And what was I supposed to DO? I did absolutely nothing - except to lean to the other side until my neck hurt! And waited for her to calm down!

Being a Deputy can be really stressful sometimes. I'm gonna tell Daddy about this and see what he says. "

Momma Done Gone Crazeh

"Momma done gone crazeh with this new thang...

She picks it up, this round thang that keeps jeeeglin in her hand and then she throws it at the wall or the see-through door where we like to look out at.

And she goes, "SPLAT!!" and the thang flies onto the wall and ...looks funny. And then she peels it off, laughing.

Ah followed the crowd and stayed on the sidelines watching this whole new thang while Katie Kitty went krazeh right along with mom. Katie thought it was a "nummy-num" and kept chasing mom with it, crying and begging and at one time stealing it from mom and running away with it. "

They both done gone crazeh."

Pouncing Ahoy

GOOGIE'S GRITS:

"Ah got jumped bah Babeh like he thought Ah was a horse bah the toy area.

He done disturb me like that and all Ah could do was hiss and tell him to get off of me! He gets crazeh like that once in a while and Ah get quate indignant, what can Ah do?

Well, Ah may not wanna pounce back on Babeh - but Ah'll stalk and chase Katie Kitteh who happened to be nearbah. Aww yeah, Ah deed.

Ah gave her a good chase to re-establish mah authoriteh."

I Will Not Dignify This

"I'm not a monkey. I'm a CAT.

I will NOT dignify this activity with my attention. 

See, mom likes to hold that phone thing in front of our faces.  Well, no more.  I will not engage in that type of thing - anymore.  Because it's fake.  It's meaningless.  It shouldn't be getting in the way between us.   There is just no purpose to it and she is making a mockery out of me and my very existence by just holding it up in front of me like that.   Please! "

A Quiet Dinner

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:

"I took my dinner with miss Bella tonite. We had a quiet dinner together, our bowls side by side. I was hungry but I had to wait for everyone else to leave ...Daddy shares his bowl with me but then mom lady gets too close and I scurry off.

So I waited and felt just as safe to be with miss Bella. So I approached and she nodded at me:

"Come on up, missy.. Let's have dinner together, it's okay. ", she reassured me. "There are plenty of leftovers for both of us; I'm on my thirds already anyway, you can have the other bowl."

So I dug in, facing her. See, she's like my big aunt. She and I go back a ways together, she was in the other moving box when I first met mom lady, we came together. And she scolded me when I was hissing at mom lady, she was really angry at me for acting like that; she's taught me things. She and Daddy. "

Wayward Little Minxes

GOOGIE'S GRITS:

"Ah have ONE rule.. And one rule only:

You do nawt jump and roll on tha big scratch post thang WITHOUT mah permission. AH am the keeper of the scratch post thang, even though Ah nevah use it as suuuch, eet eez a coveted object lake our pack's "monoleeeth" which AH feel eet needs to be protected and guarded - at AWL tames. [and most probably because it is a phallic stick covered by carpet shooting up in da air!! ]

And therefawre, AH ain't gonna let the likes of wayward minxes like Katie Kitty saunter up and roll all ovah it without getting my express blessing and approval first.

She nevah duuuzz.. And therefawre, Ah will give chase every tame. Ambushed her bah cawmplete surprase this last tame. "

Stuck But Grateful

BELLA:

"I got stuck inside the small room overnight.. Dang it, I kept scratching on the door and mom never came. Until this morning when I heard her come out of her room. She started greeting everybody, they were gathered around the closed door, Baby my recruit, and them.

Soon as I came out, I decided I would do the right thing: I walked up to miss Princess who was nearby the door, and thanked her. Yes, I did. I nose tipped her as gently as I could. I sniffed her face and neck to make sure all was right.

"It's okay, Bella.. You don't need to thank me", she politely looked at me without a flinch, without a hiss.

"I do, I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad I'M okay, I'm glad we're ALL okay.... ANYthing could have happened while I was stuck in there for so long. "

I then proceeded to mark every corner around there with my chin and cheerfully look up at mom and follow her as if nothing had happened. "

Equal Opportunity Effort

DEPUTY BABY G:

"Daddy went up to mom and shmoozed with her, I suddenly noticed them together and she's stroking him and paying attention to him and eberything...And here I was, trying to play with my toy but it wouldn't move. So I walked up to them and stood side by side with Daddy, looking up at mom and edging in for some attention of my own.

I was unsatisfied...I walked back to my toy and started to meow my complaints back at mom. "

A Teasing Tail

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD: "TEASING TAIL"

"I thought it was time to break out of the shadows and venture ahead!

Yes! I could no longer resist that tail swinging in mid air, tempting me and all my instincts. I broke out of my shell and charged toward mom lady and the teasing tail! She swung it against my face and I stepped up and reached for it against my back legs, exposing all I had to mom lady.

I broke my own rule: I would not even touch anything that mom lady was touching at the other end. As long as her paw was on it, it was not safe. But this tail thing, this furry prey was just too much to overlook and ignore. Mom lady continued to swing it up to my face and I played ball as they say - I stepped up to the game with her.

And every once in a while, I would retreat back under the chair but that tail would tempt and tease me all over again and I could not resist but thrash out and vie to conquer it.

It was safe to play."

A Light In The Darkness

KATIE KITTY'S KAHOOTS:

"I've been keeping vigil tonight on top of the couch, looking out the window waiting for mom to return. I told big Bella to forget about it, this was MY turn, it was MY job and MY duty and I don't care if she stays up there, I scooted her out of the way.

I kept vigil until the bitter end. Until the light shone through the darkness down there, and I ducked under the blinds and stuck my face on the window to make sure: YES!! She's back!! I would get to announce it now to everypawdy else! And take charge.

By the time she opened the door we had all gathered downstairs to greet her. So what if big Bella was closest to the door.. "

Stick With Me Kid

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:

"I sought refuge up at mom lady's room when she woke up this morning.

See, I have had another pep talk with my soul-sister, miss Pipi. I took my troubles to her and pleaded my case, how I get harangued and chased by that kook, Katie.

So Pipi told me: "Stick with me and we'll go up to mom's room when she wakes up and opens the door. Remember, mom does stop her from bothering you, haven't you noticed that? So come with me, I'll be by your side and then Katie won't be able to get to you; she can't, not in front of mom. "

So I took miss Pipi's advice and followed her this morning up to mom lady's room. We stood side by side outside mom lady's 'bathroom' as we watched her get ready..

I got up there first too, and walked right in mom lady's space sniffing about and sticking my neck out behind her. I wanted to explore kook-Katie's toy in there, I had heard about that too.. how Katie goes in there and kicks around stuff and chases it all over the floor.. So I stuck my nose on it to see what I was missing."

Working Out Our Issues

GOOGIE'S GRITS:    

"We keeled it.. It finally stopped moving and just layed there after many trahs, chasings, and jumpings. It was awfully hard dere for a while. Baby was pantin' at the end and we were concerned for him, mah Pipi went over to check on him. She is the only one who won't trah and keel the thang, she lets us know in her haughty way she's above all that.

We keeled the bushy furry tail that is.. We don't really know what happened to the rest of the body but dees thang was LIVE, Ah'm tailing ya awl.. It was LAVE and it was taunting us mercilessleh, it wouldn't even leave momma's hand! Ah personally think she was held hostage bah it.

We took turns hunting it down. Babeh was our front-man, always taking charge. He done jump way hagh a lot of tames trahing to tame the thang, make it stop - conquer it and keel it. It would die once in his mouth, but then it would jump up and taunt him in the face all over again. HOW maneh tames do we have to KEEL dees thang to git it to stop moving?!!

Then it would flah ovah to MAH face, momma done trah to get rid of it but it was in her hand the whole tame and she would swing it, looking to us to keeel it. So it flew into mah face ovah and ovah again and it became personal. AH had to trah just as hard as Babeh. Almost..

And then the thang would get away from Babeh's grasp and flah into big Bella's face and SHE done take it personally too. She done not lake it when Babeh trahd to tame it, he would trample into her bah "accident" and bump and grind and what nawt, and big Bella would cry "FOWL!!!" in her most beatchy meow she done got.

Poor Babeh, he don't care how hagh or where he lands, the thang kept landing him right into beatchy Bella half the tames - and it would be another FOWL! And Bella would get awl riled up and peessed off and gallop down the stairs.. She done gain momentum with her belly and then she can't stop, the stairs takes her and it's a bumbling, rolling rade !! [ride ]. And it's a 'bump-bump-bump!' but she done work off awl her issues through DAT process..

Even miss Katie got into the act and trahd to compete with Babeh himself, jumping almost as hagh as he duzz, and twisting a couple tames in mid air. Ah guess she wanted to show him he done have nuttin' on her. So she done work off HER ya-ya's and issues and what nawt, that's furr sure.

That last jump-n-grasp done keel it though. It nevah moved again and Babeh walked away panting. "

Dames! Dames Everywhere!

GOOGIE'S GRITS: "DAMES! Dames Everywhere!! "

"Ah bean watching dat little Baby of mane playing with mom and the furr-tail toy.. And it's gotten me all juiced up, especially after the tail flapped in my face and Ah was challenged to git it, and git it good!!

So Ah got all excited from that and next thang Ah knew, Ah was eyeing miss Katie's butt - and Ah pounced! Ah chased her a little, and then Ah saw mah Little Getty take flight up the stairs and got all riled up at that and gave chase to her too!!

Hey!! AH am the prime male here, awkay?

"MAH BOY": Googie's Teachings of Baby-G

GOOGIE:

"We were awl going about our day, mom was up, and Ah was waitin' for her to come on down when suddenly, Ah heard a blood-curdling scream.

It was mah boy. Mah boy was in pain and anguish, Ah knew it.

Next thang Ah knew, he was rumbling down the steps, utter horror in his eyes.

"DAD!! DAD!! She hurt me! She hurt me Dad!! Please keep her away from me Dad! Aww my tail hurst SO BAD! Getty had been right ALL those times!! It's TRUE!!! "

Ah didn't know what to make of it.. Momma done hurt Mah Boy? How could it BE? She came on down herself after him, she was bare-skinned and saying "I'm sorry! Awww...!! " Meanwhile, Mah Boy kept running away from her, his eye all big and dark and wide.

Ah stood between them, Mah Boy tryin' to hide under the table near mah Little Getty, and mom on mah other side. Ah did not lose mah cool, Ah stood there contemplatin' the situation and Ah looked up at mom's eyes, searching for a reasonable answer.

"It was an accident, Gabriel...", she explained, as she stroked mah back. That felt good. "Please explain it to him.. it was an a-c-c-i-d-e-n-t..", she said calmly, slowly... plaintively. She too was worried.

Ah took a few steps toward Mah Boy.. Ah had to fand out what had happened first. Everyone else was around us now, Bella wanting to know too, mah Pipi looking a little worried.. And of course, Little Getty saying' "I TOLD you SO!! ".

Ah stepped up to mah Baby and looked him in the eye, sniffed and air-nosetipped as Ah stretched mah neck toward him. "What happened, hawneh? Tale it to me slowly.. What were you doing?"

"Daddy my TAIL! My tail hurt SO bad all of a sudden, and all I know was ...SHE was right there when it happened! I was... I was behind that door in her little room and next thing I know, she showed up and I saw her hand on the door! And my tail ..My TAIL Daddy!!"

Ah was now able to ascertain exactly what had happened... Momma was right: Eet WAS an "accident". After all, she did say the "I'm sorry" words.. So Ah explained to Mah Boy: "Hawney, your tail just got caught up where eet didn't belong! SHE really had nothing to do with it... SHE did not mean to hurt you.. That is what she means when she makes that "accident" sound, do you understand? Sometames, these thangs happen..

And no, Little Getty was NOT right. "

Ah was relieved to see Mah Boy settle down and relax about it.. Momma done call him and he finally went to her. He trusted us, he kept his faith... And continued to love momma.

He understood the meaning of "accident".

Hostage In Her Wiles

GOOGIE:

"Ah got hung up this morning and could not get to momma... Ah was pinned down again bah little miss Getty on the chair downstairs so Ah could not get up even to go do mah business nor eat or drink.

So momma done come down finally later, much later... And found me still closed in on the chair with Getty and Ah quickly stood up.  Ah knew at that point that miss Getty would not bite mah cheek no more and keep me hostage in her wiles.

Ah jumped down to greet mom, Ah was now free.   Ah think momma done gone to Getty where she scurried under the table, her usual place, and told her to quit holding me against mah will or somethang like that.   She knows about the biting on mah cheek, see but AH don't really mand.. Ah know little Getty still needs me desperately. "

Collusion By The Water Cooler

GOOGIE'S GRITS

"Ah am usually easy to get along with. Bella and Ah have had a good understandin'. But Ah have mah preferences and mah quirks. Like, my water bowl. Ah like mah water bowl un-deesturbed and available to me when Ah need it. So here she comes up to me while Ah'm beesy drinkin' mah water - and she wants to get in there and drink herself.

"What 'chu doin' woman? Can't you see Ah'm beesy here?", Ah looked at her quite perturbed.

"Well, excuse ME! but I'M thirsty!!", she hissed and took her defensive position. All of a sudden Ah had to deal with ears flown back and the whole attitude.. Ah gave up and walked on backwards, especially after Ah heard mom chidin' me to "be nice".. Ah didn't know what had hit me to be honest so Ah stalled in the middle of the kitchen floor trying to get mah bearings when mah little Baby came over, nosetipping me.

"Dad? You okay? You look ...upset..", the poor thang lowered his head to mine in respect and asked me to kiss him. Ah leaned down and licked his forehead for a few. And then he returned the favor and made me feel all the better.

It's good to have mah Baby around for tames like these."

Struck Out

KATIE KITTY'S KAHOOTS:

"I picked a fight with mom last night. She kept touching the tip of my tail while I'm trying to relax on top of the couch and I just can't have that! So I struck out. With my open claw... and it got her. It got her bad. So she started screaming in pain and the whole pack came over to her.. That stupid Baby came running to her first, and then that miss Priss came running to her even though she had been deep asleep on the other side of the room!

The whole pack made me feel like crap for hurting momma.. That Getty though, she knows better than to get in MY crosshairs, she knew her place last night and stayed out of it.

After I made my strike and watched her writhe in pain, yelling at me, I did not even flinch. I just sat there, watching her - I did not see the need to run or even change my position, like even to scoot further out. And yell at me she DID.

The thing that got me the most was Googie's glare.. After I struck out and she screamed, I saw Goog's face behind mom and my eyes popped wide open. He warned me quite sternly without even moving from his spot."

I Watched And Wondered

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:

"I sat there, on my chair, and watched mom lady go up to miss Bella. Miss Bella was sitting on top there by the window and mom lady went right up to her and snuggled her face right up against hers... And miss Bella didn't miss a beat, she leaned down and started licking mom lady's face. It was their routine and I could see how comfortable they were with each other.. 

So I stared and watched... And wondered about it all.. I wouldn't be a part of it... I couldn't.. But I watched from just a few feet away. Will I ever be? It's just as well that I could just watch for now.. "

Pinned

"MOMMA DONE"

"Ah am a patient catman. Ah have brought little Getty out of the depths of her despair.. Ah have provaded her with food and comfort out of mah own bowl.. Ah have geeeven her mah very belly for her to lay on, all naght long.And now, it seems it's got to be all day long too..

Momma done come bah today and saw that little Getty was still laying on me.. Her butt pretty much against mah neck and face, as Ah layed on mom's chair. Ah don't think momma done like that.. She thought Ah could barely breathe which, truth be told.. Ah was just tolerating it.. out of guilt, cause little Getty is so vulnerable steeel. So momma done tale little Getty to get off and leave 'daddy Gabriel' alone for a while, let him breathe. And little Getty done scoot away finally, and left me alone.. Ah was no longer pinged on the chair against mah own will.

Ah finally got up and went to get somethang to eat, drink some water, and bond with mom again.. All the thangs AH couldn't do becoze little Getty insisted on pinning me on the chair with her butt. "

I Can't Have That

DEPUTY BABY G:

"I followed mom to the kitchen and confronted her about the bowls, they were too low. I stared urgently at her and then pushed one bowl to make my point.

Can't have that... I meowed her ear off. "

An Emergency

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD: "An Emergency"

"I got wind that something was wrong upstairs today. I was lounging in peace when I looked up and noticed little Baby looking up toward upstairs. Something got his attention and he suddenly seemed quite concerned so he ran up the stairs.. Soon, I caught on. I walked on to the bottom of the stairs, alerting Daddy on my way there so he followed me. We stood by waiting for news from Baby. He came down and let us know she was okay. My sister, my soulmate and protector was not feeling good.. She was up there on mom lady's bed, and she was suffering .. Thank cat-God we had Baby to run up there and make sure she was okay..

Daddy and I just waited for her to come down by the stairs."

...And then mom lady noticed all this gathering and went upstairs to find a big hairball planted on the foot of the bed. Well, she had to encounter Princess first who was guarding the top of the stairs, her tail thumping and her eyes looking a bit.. quizzical like: "Do you really wanna see this?".

A Brush With Greatness

GOOGIE'S GRITS: "A Brush With Greatness"

"Ah had to watch miss Bella the other day go through what seemed like a painful ordeal with momma ...while momma done brush that big girl. She was "trying to clean" her but miss Bella did not like it at all. She wailed and threatened mom each step of the way and Ah was quate saddened bah it all as Ah watched helplessly. Ah even approached them both and tried to insert mahself between them. Then momma done put the brush on mah back and that's when Ah was sure again that this was no painful thang to do. Miss Bella was just being hysterical as usual.

So Ah decaded to have a talk with her later. Just between her and me, outsade of anyone else's interference, while momma done go to "beddie bah". So Ah sat down with miss Bella and explained that being brushed, or in her terms "cleaning yourself", is not a bad thang. "It feels good to me, Bella.. And Ah don't know whah it don't feel good to YOU.. It's supposed to be a treat. Momma is showing you that she cares when she duzz that.."

"It doesn't really hurt, Googie. It's just the principle of the thing. She's making me feel like I can't take care of my own self and that's intolerable to me.", miss Bella dug in.

"But Bella, you don't get it.. This is like a .."massage".. Like when she asks miss Pipi to give her a "massage"? It's kind of like the same thing. You are honored to be brushed, it's the other way around...", Ah gently prodded her some more to understand. Bella took it all in and we parted ways.

Next day, Ah watched Bella jump on top of the counter as usual to get close to mom, and mom picked up the brush again to brush her. Ah watched as Bella let mom brush her this tame without a peep. She took it all in. Later, she came down from the couch and jumped on mom's lap right there on the chair. She wanted to nuzzle and get cuddled like Ah've nevah seen her do bafawre.

Ah approached and sat right beneath them both, next to their chair. Ah humbly looked up at Bella: "It's all goood, ain't it Bella?". It sure was. "