Monte’s New Little Sister
Some friends of mine in Indianapolis found this little girl hunting for breakfast beneath their bird feeder one morning. It wasn't until the kitty snuggled into my friend's neck that she realized somebody had cut off all her whiskers–even the ones on her eyebrows. So of course my friends took her in, gave her a bath, got her dewormed, and began searching for a home for her. I was in Indy over Easter, and I met her, fell in love, and took her back to Chicago to meet her big brother.
Monte was named after Monte Hale, the last of the singing cowboys, who starred in a number of B-westerns in the 1940s and 50s. (My Monte doesn't sing, but he does do all his own stunts). I'd been calling the new kitty "Gorby" because of the silly-looking black splotch across her nose, but making fun of somebody else's birthmark doesn't really make me feel like A Good Person, so I did a little noodling around the internet to see if I could find something that would go with "Monte." Turns out that Monte Hale starred in a 1946 movie–as himself, natch–called The Man from Rainbow Valley, in which he has a kid sister named Clarabelle. And, of course, there's the old Disney character Clarabelle Cow, and this little black-and-white girl does make you want to mooooo at her.
Introducing….
Clarabelle Gorbachev
Monte couldn't be happier. The two of them chase each other, wrestle, tumble, play through the dust ruffle on my bed, and then chase each other some more.
And no crazy cat lady jokes, please. Two cats does not a crazy cat lady make.
Posted 22 April 2006
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no, but 3 cats DOES make a crazy cat lady. at 2, you’re merely an eccentric cat lady.