The topic for February is "Cats in Love"

This will not be a contest. However, I will choose a story or two from this category to publish on my website,

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Your posting a story here in this folder on this topic, "Cats in Love", will constitute your permission for your story, or a part of it, to be published on the website wvcats.com. There is no guarantee your story will be selected to be published on wvcat.com.


Rules:

This story is to be about two cats who are very bonded with each other as adult cats.

The cats cannot be siblings, since most littermates brought up together retain their kittenhood bond into adulthood.

The cats cannot have grown up together from tiny kittenhood, as the case will be the same as if they were littermates.

One of the cats can have entered the household of an adult cat/almost adult cat as a young kitten, but they both cannot have started out together as little kittens less than 6 months old.

The story can be fiction or non-fiction, but needs to be written as a short story such as one would read in a magazine. If fiction, it needs to be based on true cat behavior.

The cats can be any sex combination, since this is not about "romantic love". No mating stories!

Post your story as a reply to this post.

Entries are due February 25.

Adding a small picture of the two cats together, if a non-fiction story about two of your cats, is permitted and highly encouraged. Pictures cannot be wider or taller than 300 pixels. If you need help resizing a picture, let me know.

The purpose of this story is:

* To show how many cats really do form strong bonds with certain particular other cats, to help dispell a common thought that cats are solitary animals and do not prefer the company of other cats as adults. Of course there are some two cats who don't get along in spite of a slow introduction, but, in general, there are cats who do form strong bonds with certain other cats.

* To bring the above fact to light so that it may encourage people to have more than one cat.

* To entertain.

For inspiration and information see:


Sumner at around two years old bonding with Jolie when she was new to us. Jolie was about 6 months old.

Some factual info I encourage everyone to read:

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Panthor's Sunshine
By Cindy

Panthor was stretched out in a patch of sunshine. He lay there thinking happy cat thoughts like how slick and beautiful he was and how his fur would shine in the sun if he just licked this or that spot. Well, he would lick it if he had the energy. But he had just had all his long, black hair combed just right and it was silky enough anyway. He gave a might yawn and thought how good life was. Just in the middle of a good stretch, he heard a sound. Now what, or who would dare disturb the might Panthor right in the middle of a good, bone cracking stretch?

The sound came again. It was a soft, kinda pathetic mew. Well, pathetic in Panthor's point of veiw anyway. He raised his mighty head to get a look out the window to see where it came from. There, just to the right of a rose bush, almost out of sight was a cat. In his neighborhood? On his watch?

Panthor ran to get Lois, his human. He roared out his disapproval over having a cat near his castle. Lois was a little confused over what the fuss was, but followed Panthor back to the window. When she finally saw the cat outside, she gave a small sound of dismay. "What are we going to do about this, Panthor", she asked. In reply, Panthor pawed at the window. The cat looked up and saw the human and ran.

Over a period of a few weeks, Lois and Panthor watched for the cat and put food out. The cat came every night to eat and slowly got closer. Panthor eagerly watched this progress and came to the conclusion that he wanted that cat for a friend.

Then came the day when he didn't see the cat for a while. He got a little nervous about this, but was even more nervous over the way Lois smelled. There was another cat smell on her. He wasn't real sure he likes this turn of events. Now there were even sounds coming from the spare room and the door was always closed. Lois spent far to much time in this room, in Panthor's opinion. What's more, he could smell another cat in there. And hey, was that a paw he saw under the door? Yes! It was!! Oh, for Pete's sake, there really was another cat in his castle!

Panthor sat there and thought over his options. On the one paw, he would love to have another cat to romp with. On the other paw, he would have to share his castle, his food and Lois with another cat. Hmmmm....decisions. Well maybe a little nap in the sun would help make up his mind. After all, the cat had been behind that door for a while now and he was getting used to the smell of it thru the door and on Lois. So maybe a nap was a good idea.

As Panthor lay there napping, a shadow fell over him. He raised his head and blinked in surprise. THAT CAT was in the room with him. In one mighty leap, Panthor was up on all fours and ready to do battle. But the cat just gazed at him with adoring eyes. Lois stood there as well. "Panthor, this is Sunny", she said. And indeed, the cat looked like a patch of sunshine, all bright and orangy yellow. And Panthor did the only thing a cat of his kind could do...he turned his back on Sunny. But he heard that pathetic little mew again. No, he must harden his heart against this little upstart. Don't let the soft mew get to him. Perish the thought that he would want to play. Well...maybe he did want to play. Just not today. Ok, maybe if he played just a little, this little brat would leave him alone. He turned slowly and when he faced her fully, Panthor raised a big paw to take a swipe at Sunny. And she...she...LICKED it!! Of all the nerve! While he sat there in stunned surprise, that little female piece of sunshine curled up in HIS spot of sunshine and started to take a bath. Good grief, Lois was laughing! This just cannot be happening. Panthor walked slowly over to her and reached down to get a good smell. The little brat actually reached up and grabbed his big head with her little paws and licked his face. Now what was a cat supposed to do? He supposed he should beat her sensless for daring to touch him. But my, didn't that feel wonderful to have his face washed by another cat? He looked over to see if Lois was mad that a cat was doing the things that she normally did for him. Was she crying? No, wait, she was laughing and crying. Oh boy, this is really getting confusing. He finially did what any cat of his stature would do...he bopped Sunny over the head and when she moved, he took back his spot of sunshine and took a nap.

Several weeks went by. Sunny was always there to give him a good ear cleaning when she thought he needed one. Panthor noticed that he was even sleeker than he used to be from all the running and playing he had been doing. And my, didn't dinner taste good when one was truely hungry after running up and down stairs being chased and chasing another of his kind? Now laying in the patch of sunshime felt better with Sunny curled up next to him. Maybe if he turned his head just right, she would lick that one spot right up by his ear that he could never get too. Ahhh..yeah, right there. He closed his eyes and stretched and thought happy cat thoughts like how sleek and beautiful he was and how his fur shone so brightly right where Sunny had licked it.

I forgot to give my story a name. Maybe Panthor's Sunshine?

Yay, Cindy! So glad you wrote another story! It's really good! I really got tickled at several parts.

I loved this:

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Oh, for Pete's sake, there really was another cat in his castle!

I am sure several of my cats had that thought when we brought in yet another cat.

And this really cracked me up:

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He supposed he should beat her sensless for daring to touch him. But my, didn't that feel wonderful to have his face washed by another cat?

I think Panthor's Sunshine is a good title.

Well done!

Thanks, GG. I am so glad you liked my story. I hope we get lots of stories out of this.

Cindy,

Great story! I liked the part where Panthor gets confused about human emotions. We certainly get confused over what our cats try to tell us. Especially Minerva and Jolie. Thanks for writing.

Jim

Thank you Jim. It was a fun story to write. It is mostly fiction, but the actual meeting is kinda what happened when FB met Minzi for the first time.

Another great story, Cindy!

I got really tickled at alot of it, but I loved this part

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The little brat actually reached up and grabbed his big head with her little paws and licked his face. Now what was a cat supposed to do? He supposed he should beat her sensless for daring to touch him.

The reason I haven't been writing any stories, is that I don't want to run away all my friends here! I'm sadly lacking in the creativity department, but I sure have enjoyed reading all the stories written by talented people.

You're good!

By the way, how are the shingles? I hope you're feeling better.

Stephanie, I have read all your posts and you can write like it was a story. I think you would do great to write one.
My shingles have come back big time. That is the reason I had time to write a story...I am off work until Monday. I had to use up some vacation time tho that I would like to have saved till the summer, but I need the full paycheck. I just want these little buggers to go away for good!!