That is very heart warming...you are a gentle soul.
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I met up with Nova Queen 2 (using her screen name to protect the innocent - hehehe) just inside the PA border east of WV last Sunday. I enjoyed meeting her (as I do all cat-folk) and hurried home with the little girl who didn't have a name yet.We made it home with no problem and she hid under the bed for a couple days. I slid canned food under the bed to her and made sure she had water and a litter pan available under there, and let her come out on her terms (aside from having to catch her to give her her last dose of medicine on Monday). She started coming out just while I was getting the canned food ready on Tuesday, and let me pet her a few times, but she would only eat under or just next to the bed, and as soon as the food was gone, so was she.Friday night, I came into their room and she was sitting in the open on a windowsill. She let me pet her and pick her up and she went back to the window when I set her down. A little later, she let me pick her up and snuggle on the bed with her, but she didn't want to stay too close when I let go. I found a book on the languages of Tolkien's middle earth tonight - that has a dictionary and such with words and names from all the languages, with special emphasis on elvish. I found about 15 words or names that i either liked the sound of or liked the meaning of, and while I was passing along an update to her rescuer, I started trying the names out on her - while she was focused on staring out the window. When I got through about 8 or 9 of them - saying each one twice, I tried "Baran" (BAH-rrrahn - a's pronounced like the "a" in father, the "r" rolled, and the emphasis on "Ba") (Means "Golden Brown" - she's a t! iny shorthaired brown mackerel tabby with a white spot on her chest and white toes, and the brown is a rich reddish brown). The first time I said it, she turned an ear towards me, the second time, she whipped her head around and looked at me, then she came down from the window sill and sat on the night stand within reach of my computer and let me pet her - and purred. I took that to mean she liked the name, so Baran it is!She's about 1 1/2-2 years old, and is 1/2 the size of the other guys in here. Her legs and tail are on the short side of normal, and her body is on the short side too, but looks almost out of proportion to the rest of her. She's just too cute!Where there's Life, there's Hope
Kathy
"If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning."
Catherine-
