Meet Melena

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My wife injured her neck in 1996 and had to have surgery, She was going be laid up for awhile. So I decided to get her a kitten to keep her company. I picked out a female, long haired she had multiple colors with white on her chest. I named her “Melena".She stayed with my wife most of the time. She would try nursing her ear it was so funny. I guess it did not feel good as she had her nails still, you know how kittens use their paws pushing in and out. We also had a male black cat named “Star”, which was our daughters at the time. Star was mean to Melena we would find patches of Melena’s fur here and there. Star was the younger one. He’d grab ahold of Melena’s back side as he still had nails until the age when you can have them pulled, which we did and that took the fun out of it for Star. We had a dust mop that Melena thought was a living creature. She was terrified of it. Well we also had 3 kids at that point their ages were 10, 11 and 13. Of course you know how kids can be with animals, they’d get that dust mop and hide on Melena in the cellar way and pop the dust mop out from around the corner and she would leap in the air, ha ha ha. One day stands out to me in particular. I am not sure which child it was but one of them grabbed that dust mop and chased poor Melena through the house. Our house was 3200 square feet, so she had plenty of room to run. Well, Star was in the living room sitting by the coffee table and in comes Melena lickity spit. Star must have thought Melena flipped out and was going to kill him. for all the bad that he had done to her. So Star not knowing what to do or where to run, he runs right into the corner and right up the wall. Guess Star must of thought his goose was cooked. Oh my we laughed so hard it made us cry, and we still laugh about it today some 16 years later. Pets can be such a joy in your life and create some lasting memories. So do you have any pet stories?