This section is for our young readers to call their own. Send us a story about your pet, a make believe pet or perhaps draw us a picture and send it in and we will put it on this site.
Here is our first contibution from Samantha Elliott
HARVEY THE CAT
This is a picture of me with my sister Sophie holding Harvey.
8 years ago Harvey arrived lost at our Nana's house. She advertised for his real owners but no-one answered. So she fed him every day, but couldn't let him inside because she had two old cats who didn't like him. But she made him a box in the shed for him to sleep in at night. We were living in the North Island but we came down a lot to visit Nana, and each time Harvey would always follow Sophie around and make a big fuss of her. She was the only one he would come to when called. Nana thinks that he must have been owned by a little girl so must have been very sad to have been separated from her. Harvey was at Nana's for two years until we came back to live in Timaru, and then he came to live with us. Brian, the vet, guessed his age then, so he must be 12 now. We decided to make his birthday on Anzac Day which is the day after Sophie's. He loves Sophie the most and wants to sleep on her bed at night but isn't allowed to because she's allergic to him. He gets up on her pillow and rubs his face on hers and dribbles while he purrs. So Mum keeps him in her room at night, although he always tries to get back to Sophie. He likes to bang heads with us and chase rubber balls that we throw. But he can be naughty and rips the furniture. He also expects to be let in and out of the window all night and meows and scratches at the window if mum ignores him. He's not a very brave cat, and is frightened when someone comes to the house and runs away and hides until they are gone. But he's alright if it's just little girls that are here. His full name is Harvey Norman Wallbanger. Sometimes we just call him Mr Wallbanger and we really love him.
By Samantha Elliott
If you have anything you wish to share with us email me at
bryan.g@aorangivet.co.nz
or drop it off at any of our clinics.
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