"Pee Shoe" Gak...and 10 puppies...
One of the ways I appear to be coping in Kabul is to rescue animals. As if 10 days without two litters of puppies, counting to ten pups isn't enough. I was wading through puppy poop in the back yard trying to rescue footwear -as our Afghan guests all leave their shoes at the door-and I heard a pathetic "meow" in our outdoor latrine..or "tashnab". Out came the thinnest dirtiest kitten-even dirtier than our first one. So, now we have a "Pee Shoe" (kitty) and a "Pee Shoe Gak" or (kittylet) and our big fat orange kitty is thrilled. Big Pee Shoe has had little kitty in a playful headlock since he arrived. Norm did try to avoid this. He sent our Sami, the house boy, out into the neighborhood to ask if anyone was missing a kitten. Sami came back red-faced and told Norm that his question was causing much hilarity among our neighbors and he begged off the task. Our neighbors sent back a message that we were welcome to the kitten as none of the cats in our neighborhood have homes-in fact they doubt if many cats in Afghanistan have homes- and it would be a "good work" on our part.
My husband has suggested that a "good work" on my part is to find these babies good homes.
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just bumped into this site via AISK.org.
got a good chuckle with this "lost a kitten?" episode. poor Sami.
if the abuse did not occur , then i think the fact that cats in AF dont have a "home" is not that bad. you see, they will get be in touch with their "wild side". roaming from rooftop to yards and rooftops again are much more fun than being a pussy cat to some cat-lady. ( of course i dont mean this to be you). ideally they will get to sample what every home has had for lunch/dinner any given day. i know i we shared our food with cats when growing up in kabul. no one "owned" the kats. they were neighbourhood cats. owning cats is so American.
thanks
-"moody"
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