I say goodbye
The last few weeks have been difficult. I started to feel not well at the time when it started to be dark early in the evening. The human noticed and took me to the vet several times. He put needles into me, which I didn't like, but when we came home I felt better. The human seemed very happy that I was feeling better. She brought home a tree-like thing and put it up in the window and put lots of interesting dangly things on it. Even better, every time I went near it, she would get out my favorite toy - the one with the long string and the soft fish-shaped toy that flies around in the air so that I can jump and chase it. I had a very good time playing with that, and with the funny rolly things she tossed across the room for me (not for Chocolate Eyes, the dog I probably haven't mentioned before, who came to live with us after Smiley Dog and Big Blonde went away.)
Then suddenly, just after the tree thing went I away, I didn't feel good once again. Food didn't taste good and I felt so tired and couldn't find a comfortable position for sleeping. My belly felt much too big. I didn't want to cuddle with the human, or with Chocolate Eyes - although I let him come into the crate where I was sleeping, which he, for some reason, things is a space that's meant for him - and I didn't even want to cuddle with GretaCat.
This morning the human put me in the little box - I didn't want to go in there, but she was gentle in guiding me in, and once I was inside I felt secure there. It was lined with a thick, soft towel, so it was comfortable. She took me to the vet again. Not much happened there. The human placed me on the scale - it seems that I've continued to lose weight despite the tasty food I've been eating the past few weeks. Then the doctor gave me just one pinch. It was funny. A lot of fluid came out of my belly where he gave the pinch. But soon I started to feel sleepy. It is time for me to say goodbye, to my human, to Chocolate Eyes, to my dear sister, GretaCat, and to you, my readers. I will end with a quote from the original "I am a Cat":
"Gradually I begin to feel at ease. I can no longer tell whether I'm suffering of feeling grateful. ... It does not matter where I am or what I'm doing. I simply feel increasingly at ease. No, I can't actually say that I feel at ease, either. I feel that I've cut away the sun and the moon, they pull at me no longer; I've pulverized both Heaven and Earth, and I'm drifting slowly into peace. Only by dying can this divine quiescence be attained. May one rest in peace! I am thankful, I am thankful. Thankful, thankful, thankful." (Excerpt from "I Am a Cat" by Soseki Natsume, translated by Aiko Ito and Graeme Wilson. Published by Tuttle Publishing, Combined edition published 2002).
Then suddenly, just after the tree thing went I away, I didn't feel good once again. Food didn't taste good and I felt so tired and couldn't find a comfortable position for sleeping. My belly felt much too big. I didn't want to cuddle with the human, or with Chocolate Eyes - although I let him come into the crate where I was sleeping, which he, for some reason, things is a space that's meant for him - and I didn't even want to cuddle with GretaCat.
This morning the human put me in the little box - I didn't want to go in there, but she was gentle in guiding me in, and once I was inside I felt secure there. It was lined with a thick, soft towel, so it was comfortable. She took me to the vet again. Not much happened there. The human placed me on the scale - it seems that I've continued to lose weight despite the tasty food I've been eating the past few weeks. Then the doctor gave me just one pinch. It was funny. A lot of fluid came out of my belly where he gave the pinch. But soon I started to feel sleepy. It is time for me to say goodbye, to my human, to Chocolate Eyes, to my dear sister, GretaCat, and to you, my readers. I will end with a quote from the original "I am a Cat":
"Gradually I begin to feel at ease. I can no longer tell whether I'm suffering of feeling grateful. ... It does not matter where I am or what I'm doing. I simply feel increasingly at ease. No, I can't actually say that I feel at ease, either. I feel that I've cut away the sun and the moon, they pull at me no longer; I've pulverized both Heaven and Earth, and I'm drifting slowly into peace. Only by dying can this divine quiescence be attained. May one rest in peace! I am thankful, I am thankful. Thankful, thankful, thankful." (Excerpt from "I Am a Cat" by Soseki Natsume, translated by Aiko Ito and Graeme Wilson. Published by Tuttle Publishing, Combined edition published 2002).