In Willow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s living room, her friend Winona and her new acquaintance Wazzer are all arcing over a basket. Wazzer, driving her \u00e2\u20ac\u212292 Nissan, has given Winona a lift out. Upon receiving Willow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s message, there was no time to waste.<\/p>\n
Winona leans over the basket, eyes wide with adoration. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an ickle bitty baby? Who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the cutest baby ever? Do you love your Mummy? Can I be her auntie?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She looks like you, same hair color, same eyes.\u00c2\u00a0 Any toys for her yet?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Wazzer.<\/p>\n
Willow tenderly reaches into the basket. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No, I just got her from the breeder last week.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The kitten squeaks prettily as Willow picks her up.<\/p>\n
Being a Kiwi, Willow felt in her bones that she needed two things upon moving into a house: a lemon tree and cats. The lemon tree was easy enough. A small Meyer lemon sapling is in a tub in the courtyard. The feline part, to her surprise, was much harder.\u00c2\u00a0 Amazed at how tough it is to adopt a kitten from the SPCA, swayed by cute pet web sites, Willow has indulged in a long-haired purebred kitten. With patches of grey and peach fur, her eyes still baby blue, Cullodeena Malmuirie of Tweedcats is as efficient a heartbreaker as she was bred to be.<\/p>\n
Willow watches her new pet play.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think she looks like a Cilla, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
“Cilla’s a good name.\u00c2\u00a0 Sensible.” Wazzer bats a finger at the kitten, and stays calm when her hand is pounced and nibbled. She even takes a look around. “This is a nice place, eh? Did you have a decorator?”<\/p>\n
Willow shakes her head, happily. “Just me. I like color.”<\/p>\n
Winona, paying no attention to any bipeds in the room, squeals helplessly. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My brain just turns to fudge when I look at her. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a kitten!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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