Abra-cadabra — It’s A Cat!
Six Word Photo Story Challenge: Freestyle
No spectral presence — it’s a cat.
This is Abra. She lived with a friend who shared her life with cats for many years. When our friend was diagnosed with MND/ALS a year ago, she had just three cats — an elderly mother and two daughters. Abra is one of the daughters.
The various cats we’ve known over the course of a friendship of 40 years have differed in sociability and temperament, but Abra stood out for her refusal to interact with anyone other than *her* person. It wasn’t just that we weren’t allowed to stroke her, we weren’t allowed to set eyes upon her. Sometimes when we arrived, a grey blur would flash past, the catflap would open and close with a clatter as though a ghost had zipped through, and that would be all I ever saw of Abra.
Sadly, Abra’s person died just before Christmas. Abra and her sister were rehomed and I went to see them this weekend. Not only did Abra deign to greet me, but she also allowed herself to be stroked and she posed for a photo. It turns out she’s not an ephemeral fast-moving grey spectral presence; she’s a solid black and white cat.
On behalf of our friend, Abra’s person, I’m putting on record how pleased I am to see how miraculously well Abra and her sister have settled in their new home.
I wrote a Haiku about Abra’s mother back in August:
With thanks to Mary Chang Story Writer, for running the 6-word story publication which includes a diverse and entertaining collection of stories from all over the world from many people including: Ellie Jacobson, Dunelair, Dennett, pockett dessert, Susan Alison, Kris Bedenian, Kim Zuch, Jennifer Pierce, Stuart Aken, Linda Acaster, Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Pene Hodge, Diana Lotti, Will Hull, Nicole Anders, Danielle Hestand, Madeleine McDonald.
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