9 lives
I suppose she used a lot of them up early, she was quite the action cat. A few must have gone when she fell off that 70-foot viaduct (hunting pigeons) onto the road below then spent the best part of a year in and out of surgery while they pinned and plated the smithereens of leg back together. And of course she moved first to Scotland where she terrorised the neighbours’ rabbits by sitting for hours on their hutch, then flew the 6000-odd miles to Tokyo, where she learnt to hunt lizards instead of birds and charmed all our neighbours. She loved small boxes and her party trick was to climb into a plastic bag for people to carry about. She slept in our bed under the duvet when it was cold and had one of the thickest, softest coats I have ever felt. She limped on her gammy leg  when the weather was damp and had her own red plastic stool in the kitchen to sit on. She was sad when we lost her sister. We loved her (and who would hit a cat in their car but not stop?).
RIP Jura; may your afterlife be full of small birds, small boxes and long grass.
April 15th, 2007 20:48
Much sympathy and hugs, hon. 🙁
April 16th, 2007 08:53
Oh No!! That is awful, I hope she did not suffer. She had a life full of excitement and love. Big hug.
April 16th, 2007 09:15
Big hugs to you all x
April 16th, 2007 10:20
Oh hun I’m SO sorry. She will be missed. Platitudes to follow, such as .. she won’t have felt a thing … she’s in a place full of the sweetest mice and viaducts that you don’t fall from. Big big hugs xxx
April 16th, 2007 13:37
Oh, I’m sorry. The cats have been such characters and will both be missed. I hope you are all coping with the sad loss.
April 16th, 2007 14:21
so sorry to hear this. do hope she didn’t suffer much. hope you all feel better soon and you can get some rest. its tough with two, but it does get much better after the first year.
April 17th, 2007 12:22
Sorry to hear about Jura. She was beautiful. Bigs hugs xx
April 18th, 2007 07:01
*hug* hope you are feeling a bit better today.
April 19th, 2007 09:45
People can be shitbags. Saw a cat run over without the car stopping myself, last year – very upsetting and couldn’t believe someone would do that.
Am sure, though, that Jura is happily hunting lots of furry dinners in the great snackbox in the sky.
April 20th, 2007 15:46
Oh, I’m so sorry! 🙁 I know how important our pets are, and I can’t imagine losing one. xx
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