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It is an incredibly stupid thing we humans do, loving animals. But I suppose it only fits in with all of the other incredibly stupid things we do, like having friends, having children, or becoming emotionally invested in professional sports. We sure do love setting ourselves up for the fall.
Yeah, it doesn't look like she's coming home.
"Here's a picture that Arielle's younger sister (Bridget, who is my age) drew me for my birthday:
The story behind it is that in a video game we all played, Okami (which is Japanese for either 'wolf' or 'great god', depending how you write it), the mother goddess Ameterasu has come to earth in the form of a wolf, and she is finding the thirteen other gods (like the zodiac animals in Fruits Basket) to bring herself to full strength and fight great evil, etc. etc.
In one part of the countryside, you find a huge tower stretching out of sight into the sky, and when you get closer to it, you can hear sad meowing coming from the distance. A local tells you the story of how long ago, the tower was built so the cat god could climb atop it and watch in all directions for evil. But, once the cat god made it to the top of the tower, it was too scared to get down. It stayed on top of the tower, meowing and meowing, and eventually was so lonely that it turned into a statue.
When Ameterasu climbs the tall, tall tower, she finds many cats in it along the way, and feeds them all fish. At the top of the tower, she finds the cat god's statue, and one last cat. Once that last cat is fed, it yawns, curls up to nap, and the lonely meowing stops. The cat god reawakens, since now it is no longer lonely or hungry.
That picture that Bridget drew has Josie keeping the cat god company (with Arielle's cat Mike, too, just because). Right now I think I'd like to think that that's where she is... because even though the tower is tall, it's not impossible to get back down again. But even if she doesn't come back ever, she won't be lonely.
There was a big company field day thing in central park today, I think I told you about it. My boss let me go home, though, since I told her about Josie. She even said I should have told her sooner, she wouldn't have had me come in to work at all today. I've got a good boss."
Yeah, it doesn't look like she's coming home.
"Here's a picture that Arielle's younger sister (Bridget, who is my age) drew me for my birthday:
The story behind it is that in a video game we all played, Okami (which is Japanese for either 'wolf' or 'great god', depending how you write it), the mother goddess Ameterasu has come to earth in the form of a wolf, and she is finding the thirteen other gods (like the zodiac animals in Fruits Basket) to bring herself to full strength and fight great evil, etc. etc.
In one part of the countryside, you find a huge tower stretching out of sight into the sky, and when you get closer to it, you can hear sad meowing coming from the distance. A local tells you the story of how long ago, the tower was built so the cat god could climb atop it and watch in all directions for evil. But, once the cat god made it to the top of the tower, it was too scared to get down. It stayed on top of the tower, meowing and meowing, and eventually was so lonely that it turned into a statue.
When Ameterasu climbs the tall, tall tower, she finds many cats in it along the way, and feeds them all fish. At the top of the tower, she finds the cat god's statue, and one last cat. Once that last cat is fed, it yawns, curls up to nap, and the lonely meowing stops. The cat god reawakens, since now it is no longer lonely or hungry.
That picture that Bridget drew has Josie keeping the cat god company (with Arielle's cat Mike, too, just because). Right now I think I'd like to think that that's where she is... because even though the tower is tall, it's not impossible to get back down again. But even if she doesn't come back ever, she won't be lonely.
There was a big company field day thing in central park today, I think I told you about it. My boss let me go home, though, since I told her about Josie. She even said I should have told her sooner, she wouldn't have had me come in to work at all today. I've got a good boss."