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. "

What Is It Now

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:

"Mom lady found us together cuddling again, me and daddy.. on this very chair this morning. She normally does not give it a second thought but she heard us having a spat, one of us meowed out loud and she came out tolook at us, still cuddled.

She approached closer and I felt threatened again and had to abandon the comfort of daddy's belly, in spite of our spat, and jump down and scoot away. But not too soon. She was trying to tell me something - and I had to stop in the middle of my run and look at her for an understanding. Hold on there! My curiosity overrides my fear every time she tries to tell me something. So as I slowed down and turned my neck to look at her and study her face, and try to understand what she is trying to tell me this time, she said:

"I don't want you beating daddy UP! You understand? You don't bite him, you don't fight with him .. !"

I looked into her eyes with my own wide eyes. I ...don't think SHE understands but.. I got the message. "

Ain't Gonna Stand For Deees

BABY G:


"Grandma Bella can be a little tough on me - and I take it.   She slaps me sometimes cause I guess she don't wanna be fussed with.   But I draw the line when I see sometin' I don't like.

I was just going into the dining room when I watched grandma big Bella chase my friend, my sister, my ...new mommy you could say, miss Princess.   Miss Pipi and I .. we've done things together, we're really close and I love her.   And here I was now, seeing big Bella going after her, chasing her out of the room.  

First, I sprinted over to miss Pipi to make sure she was allright, leanin' toward her and all.  And then I sprang into action in the opposite direction:  I rushed over to grandma big Bella and stood right in her face.   I raised my shoulders and stretched my neck, slightly twisting it into an angle:

"Don't you chase my love!! ", I threatened.

She backed down, shriveled into half her size and leaned backwards and scooted down close to the floor, her ears flattened as she hissed "Stop it! you little boor, have you no respect? ".

She took a couple of gulps after that, licking her chops and waiting for me to leave.   I guess I really did  upset her.  But I HAD to stand up for my Princess!! "

Making A U-Turn

SUFFERING SUCCOTASH!  

Practically the moment I retire upstairs to her bed to get some peace, and she goes "I'm gonna go bye-bye but I'll be back" and brings back new noms - AND clean litter!

...So now I had to jump back down and join the party. Ain't gonna miss on a full box of clean litter if you know what I mean, I've been waitin' all day to do it right. "

My Weak Side

PIPI'S POINT:

"Mom discovered my weak spots up on my face, the red scratches. And before I could escape in dignity, she scooped me right up and plopped me on her lap to take a closer look.

It was so embarrassing... I shrunk my right ear down and pulled myself tight so she wouldn't see my scabs..

"Who did this to you? ", she asked softly. I'LL never tell.

"Please mom!! Leave me be!", I squealed plaintively.

And then BABY came running to see if I was okay as she put me back down on the floor.

"You okay, my love? ", he stretched his neck toward me and offered a nose tip. "It's okay, baby.... it's nothing", I dismissed it with a quick nod back.

"Well... give me some licking then, please? " , he begged with his head down under my chin. So I reassured him with some kisses. "

Unseated In A Huff

BIG BELLA'S BEEF:

"I REALLY resent it when she comes at me out of nowhere and tells me:

"this is MY seat!". 

I refuse to move at first, and then she tries to cajole me, tapping me on the butt, just where I hate it the most... And we have an impasse where I let out a whine-and-a-bitching meow - and finally jump down all pissed off.

I hate it when I have to volunteer on something I never wanted to DO in the first place. "

Aggressive Females

GOOGIE'S GRITS

"Ah sometames have to put up with some really aggressive females. There Ah was, in my deep snooze this afternoon, Ah had found me a new spot near mom's new area. Manding mah own business. When little Getty finds me and plops right up on me.

Well Ah declare, AH had to sheeft and try to avoid her smothering me when suddenly? She done grab me bah mah cheek, rendered me hostage to sit steel.

Ah took it... Ah surrendered in mah groggy state and let her have her way with me while Ah layed there helpless, unable to move.

Momma done not like that though. She eenterveened on mah behalf and sent Getty scrambling outta the room. "

 

Snuggle Interrupted

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD


"I had a good long snuggle time with Daddy overnight into the morning... We snuggled on the chair upstairs and all was right in my world.  And then?  Then he had to go up to mom lady's room and I bravely followed him...  I walked in after a few, I had already lost sight of him and my tail was half way down.  And then I came face to face with that shrew, Katie-kook.  She actually lifted her head up from her snooze just to throw the daggers at me.   She zapped me with her krazy eyes and it made me turn on my paw and leave..  Deflated, I dragged my tail behind.

And then I started crying all by myself, calling for Daddy.  But Daddy never came..."

Big Bella: BUSTED - Or, "I Take My Lumps!"

"I got busted tonight. Had to face the music. Eat crow.

Tolerated mom thumping her finger on my head as I grinned-and-bore it. Yeah, I guess I deserved it - so I just stood there and let her bounce her finger off of me.

You see, I got riled up with that miss Priss. She looked at me funny. So I charged her and I cornered her. And while I had her up against the wall, I threw my paw-punches toward her... well, it was technically in air-punches - but that didn't make much difference to mom. It worked for me, though. I had that damn miss Priss crouching up against the wall and that was exactly my point. "