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Monday, June 1, 2009
Samantha

My Two Cats

Photo: Striped catI have two cats that I love oh so dearly.  They are named  Bluey and Domino--two darling cats that live in my home, though sometimes they are not darlings but little devils!

I have known Bluey and Domino since 2005; I remember the day so clearly. I was going to watch the horror movie Anacondas with my friend Afua and it was so scary I had to borrow her jacket to cover my eyes. Since I was only eight friends started to cuddle me, I couldn't breathe  and I was scared out of my skin.
Then when I came home my dad said there was a surprise in the kitchen.  My first thought was, oooh chocolate.   And then as I opened the door I saw 2 food bowls, 1 water bowl, 1 bed and 1 grey kitten on a scratching post. My dad said we had bought 2 cats. Hold on a sec did he fail maths; there's only 1 cat in the kitchen. Sacre bleu we already lost one cat. I burst out crying; luckily my mom was making garlic bread, because when she opened the garlic drawer there was a black and white kitten sitting on them. Did you still think we were having garlic bread?

Why did we call them Bluey and domino you ask? Well Bluey (the grey one) had blue eyes when we got them, we don't know what  happened but now they're  green. And Domino (the black and white one) yes you guessed it Domino is black and white and so are dominos!

Let me tell you this now, my cat Bluey is not God's brightest cat. For instance he fell of my dad's window upstairs, he fell in the pool and my favourite the garage was closing and he didn't know whether to stay outside or inside, so he had the slightest thought to compromise. My I never knew cats legs could go flat. But he's fine.

Goodness isn't true how cats think they're are kings, well every night my cats climb on the wall and sit on it, because Domino thinks he's a king and Bluey is an Igor! So they either sleep out for the night or stay inside the kitchen all cosy, it depends on their mood!!!

Even though they can get on all your nerves they are still my darling little cats!

15 Comments

my younger cousin loves cats and he calls them mano!:-)

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Hey i have one cat but i used to have 3 but two of them died and my cats name is fussy she is 15 years old! i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee cats! you r so nice to be doin this!

You're sooo lucky you can have cats! I'm totally allergic. :-(

I like your cats' names. They're more unique than ours. We call her Tiger (we used to think she was a boy!) My nickname for her is "Tigy"

that's so cool!!

I really like your blog!
I bet that your cat is really sweat!
well, my family is not allergic or anything but I'm just not allowed to have a cat. I'm trying to convince my mom to change her mind, since my friend has a 6 month old kitten wich she is trying to give it to someone, and it is snow white and has gold(well, kind of like really light brown) spots, and really likes human and is already potty-trained!!!

I love cats! i have two rare breed cats at home. Cheops is a marble Bengal leopard, and Sammy is a silver tiger. They are really sweet. Your cat looks really sweet too.

hii im ahyana and i just wanted you to knoee that i think your cats are cute my cat is a boy his name is coda we got that name from a movie brother bear my little brother picked it out he is about 5 or 8 months


sincecerly,

ahyana

hii i have a cat to his name is coda nd he is sooooooooo cutier

yes,i love your cat.i have one and named Oscar with yellow.maybe she can go fishing with me some days.

Cute cats! I have 3 cats Rudy, a sandy yellow one, Frunze, a wite one with grey spots and Gooby a black and white one. I used to have 4 but Ted(the cat)ran away:(. They are super cute + nice but can be horrible and crazy.

My dog is a little devil too. Why did you name your cats that?

Hi. My dog is like your cats Bluey and Domino. First he is happy and then heis evil.

As I read this, my cat is chewing on wrapping paper on the table next to me. Your cat's are adorable.

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