My Gatas

We named our boat Gata, in Spanish meaning cat. We named our boat this because of our old kitty. Her name was Azucar, in spanish meaning sugar, because of her plain white fur. We shortened it down to Zoo-Zoo. (pronounced soo-soo) I have had my Zoo-Zoo ever since I was born, and she was like an extra set of eyes watching to see if I was okay. I just loved my kitty so much.

My Zoo-Zoo has an amazing background story. We didn't actually buy her, my mom found her. I wasn't even born yet, and my mom was outside taking a walk. She saw the cat and what seemed to be her baby. My mom softly and carefully picked both of them up and took them home. She and my dad began to live a regular life with those cats, just as if nothing had happened, and that the cats had been there all along. They had become a new part of their family. They named the two cats Zoo-Zoo, and Zar. After I was born, we went to the Vet's office, my parents found out Zar had diabetes. We had to adjust his diet to match his illness, and hoped he would be okay.

After the twins were finally born, Zar got very sick, and began acting strange. We immediatly took him to the Vet's, and they anounced that he needed to be put to sleep. Sam, Sara, and I were very happy, until my mom told us exactly what that meant. We were all in the lobby crying. My dad decided to go in with Zar, and say good-bye. Soon after that, he came back out and told us it was time to go. I will never forget my Zar.

Zoo-Zoo stayed alive until she was twenty-two!! She recently passed away, but lived a great life, full of kittens and new cats. When we got our new cat, she had kittens, and Zoo-Zoo disliked being somewhat of a grandmother, and often hid away. We named our new kittens, and their mother. Since that cat was Sara's, she named her. The collar that we bought her said "Safe Cat." Sara was just learning how to read and thought the collar said "Saffey Cat," so her name became Saffey, but we still spell it "Safe."

Out of all the kittens that Safe gave birth to, we only kept one. Lucy Cat, or as we like to call her, Fluffy Cat. Sara named her after me, but it was voted off, Fluffy Cat was perfect. She had the most soft fur there ever could be, and it was super fluffy. The only thing wrong with her was that she loved to attack things. When you went to sleep, you had to cover you whole body, even if you were hot. Then she would come in, and if you moved your foot, or anything else, she would jump on top of it and bite it, sratch it, and even pound it with her head. Luckily, that cat ran away, and hopefully found a new home where attacking peoples' feet was allowed.

Now, we only have our Safe, and all of our memories. But Zoo-Zoo, Zar, all the other kittens, and even our crazy Lucy Cat, will always stay in our hearts.