My new pet

I got a new pet a few days ago. He is a great flier! No, he doesn’t fly. A cat can’t fly, don’t you know. No, sir, he doesn’t fly, he is just a flier. What? You demand in confusion. Let me explain.

We got this cat at the Humane Society. He is just a baby and is just plain adorable. He is grey and his name is Pineapple. No, I’m not kidding. I named my cat Pineapple. Don’t worry, the vet thought it strange, too, so you aren’t alone. Along side our bunny, Marshmallow, we have a strangely named pair.

Now back to the flier thing. Reason one for getting him: he was cute. Reason two: my dad fell in love when he saw him catching flies and eating them. After that, it was settled. We got Pineapple.

The poor kitty was called so many things that we both got confused. His official name was always Pineapple but my mom couldn’t bring herself to call him Pineapple so the other kids started coming up with names that they could call. It started with Duke, then Shadow, then Orion, then Oliver and who knows what else! Thankfully, for the most part, they’ve calmed down, adjusted to the name Pineapple and started calling him that.

He is the friendliest cat you could ask for but when he wakes you up in the middle of the night wanting petted it gets a touch on people’s nerves. He purrs every time anyone picks him up. Megan once said, “The purr would have sounded more apologetic if he hadn’t been still liking butter from his lips.” This was just after he’d eaten her toast when she wasn’t looking.

He and Miss Misty May Morning, our other cat, are arch-enemies. They may have been friends by now but when one wants to make up, the other is angry and hisses. When the one who was angry wants to make up, the other was offended by the first’s actions and hisses. So, they go in a circle, never being happy with one another.

Cinnamon, our dog, just ignores them both, having gone through countless new pets and not really caring anymore.

All in all we’ve all fallen in love with Pineapple and we’ll probably have many more stories to tell about him.

Yours truly,

Mandy