here, meet Calico..

Here, meet and greet this calico cat! The first cat Tebby and I let Kakak and the boys feed and sometimes play with her kittens.Calico is not the name, nor the breed but instead the color-pattern. My animal-loving daughter googled up and found the fact here. :D

Anyway. Remember our house renovations that took place September '12 to early January '13? And we rented our neighbor house during that period? One day, coming back home after fetching the kids from taska, we were greeted by Calico (we decided to call her just that btw) and her breed. 3 baby kittens on a wet rainy day, frightened and lost, who would've had the heart to shoo them away? It started off with a box. Then an old kain lampin. Then milk. Then nuggets, KFC, keropok and whatnots.

Long story cut short, we sort of adopted Calico and her kittens, except that we did not let the kids bring them inside the house. We even let them touched and hugged those cats. Kids were ecstatic as we never let them do so before. Kakak especially, was very happy.

When we started packing and moving things back to our house, kids wanted to bring Calico and kittens along. (It's just next door anyway :P). Tebby disagreed. Let nature takes its course he said. They will survive. And the next day Calico and kittens were gone! It's not hard to guess who my kids put the blame on :D saying that Calico might have overheard that :D

And guess what I found when I was in the process of moving things? Right in our house's porch? Calico and kittens! Yes, she might've heard. Instead of merajuk and went away, she, in fact dah pindah dulu!

But cats come and go. When they come, kids offer keropok and whatnots. Then Calico's kittens grew up and they rarely come anymore except Calico who occasionally shows up (and of course was given warm tender and loving attention by Kakak).

Then, one day Calico brought a dead rat home.

Tebby cleaned the mess away, complaining of course. Calico should've just eaten that rat he said.

And one day Tebby came back with another story. Story related from his cat-loving colleagues. When a cat brings something home. It is a gift. As a sign of appreciation.

That dead rat, Calico must've meant it for Kakak!

And few days back, Calico brought another one. She took one step further, a fresher one! A live rat! When Kakak went out, Calico casually played with the rat. Ran after that poor thing. Poking it with her paws but not eating it. While she had her eyes on Kakak, as if trying to tell her something.

Me on the other hand was running for my life. I literally jumped in the car and drove away.

Calico dear, we appreciate our friendship. We appreciate your effort bringing those gifts back home. But it has to stop.Those furry gifts.