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The Wonderful World of Cats
Cats are Unique Creatures
One Christmas in the 1990s, my sister got my mom a Main Coon cat kitten for Christmas. My mother was always a cat person. My sister’s always had cats for pets when they were growing up. My mother didn’t know what to call this cat. My brother-in-law’s father was there at the time as we were having a Christmas party. He took one look at the cat and said,” How about calling her Holly?” This is how Holly the cat came into our lives. This story is about this unique cat that was a special part of my life growing up.
Holly and the Early Days
When Holly was a small kitten, she loved the trees. There were plenty of tall trees in the neighbor’s backyard and she would climb up to the very top of them. We could look out the window and see the top of the trees swaying back and forth. That was Holly just hanging out in the tree. Thankfully, she never got stuck in any of these trees and managed to find her way down. Holly also enjoyed chasing various bugs in the yard. Like a lot of cats, she enjoyed eating grass because it helps to clear out their hairballs. Of course, my mom wasn’t impressed when Holly would barf on the carpet. Cats will be cats. They must keep their coats as clean as possible, and this means that barfing is a part of this.
