Patch

              by Kevin Bonner

              KEWLKRITTERS@JUNO.COM

              Greetings all . .

              Well, this evening [Wed, 9 Feb 2000] I had to run to the pet store to pick up food for the kids. Whenever I go I normally take time to play and socialize with the ferts. Ya can tell that you do this too much when the manager just hands you the keys and laughingly cautions "I know how many are in there!".

              I'm certain most of us have done it at one time or another. Start looking at the kids and reminisce about a fuzzy no longer with us. Something about one will remind us of a part of us missing. Maybe it will be the way one jumps, or plays, or just looks. I'll do this and think about Rascal, Socks, Furrice, or the others and start getting misty eyed.

              I opened the pen and started to dook around with the kits there. Quite a few of them in a pile.

              But there,

              at the bottom of the pile ....

              I saw a ghost.

              Muttley.

              Now, I know it wasn't Muttley. But to see the markings on this fert, the coloring, the blotch pattern on the top of the white head.
              The kit jumped into my hands without any prompting. I brought him close to my face and was rewarded with warm fuzzy kisses.
              I was crying by this time.

              The manager came over and said that when she first saw this fert she thought of me. She remembered how I reacted when I first saw Muttley. Even she remembered Muttley and remarked about the unusual resemblence. She said she had thought about calling me to tell me about him.

              Yes, I wanted him. But money is tight. Having some problems with my vehicle, I knew I should spend the money on a new radiator. But, I just couldn't let him go. The manager must have seen what I was going through. She gave me just about every discount she could. Even allowed me the use of a carrier to bring him home.

              His disposition and reactions are very much like Muttley. Heck, he even sleeps like the goof-ball. Haven't really come up with a name just yet. I may end up calling him 'Patch' for the mottled patches on his head.

              Oh, the radiator ? Well, replaced the thermostat and put some stop leak in it. It should hold till next payday !

              [Note...this part reminded me of me (kat)...
              not the "looking like one of mine I had lost"...
              but the "getting one with $$ set aside for something else"...LOL
              Kevin "patch"ed his radiator...
              I used my Ohio 'Edison' Power bill money for "Edison"]

              Sadly, Patch left for the Bridge Feb 21, 2003.


              Warm Fuzzies !!!

              Kevin B and the Way Kewl KRITTER KREW
              hometown.aol.com/kwildheart/myhomepage/pet.html


              Prayers to the ill and those who have gone before us.
              Hug your fuzzies while you can,
              hold them in your heart when you can't.


              Kevin

              KEWLKRITTERS@JUNO.COM



              kitykat

              ferretlover97@yahoo.com



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