Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Eric


Here is Eric playing with his favorite toy, Scruffy Rat.  Eric has had Scruffy Rat since he was a little kitten and he loves it dearly.  It is losing its fur and most of the stuffing has come out, but Eric refuses all attempts to get him a replacement.  He carries it around in his mouth, tosses it into the air, puts the bitey on it, bunny kicks it and uses it for a pillow to nap on.  Eric and Flynn are litter brothers and they are approximately the same size, but Eric weighs 21 pounds and Flynn weighs 13 pounds.  They both get exactly the same food in the same amounts, though Eric does eat more mice than Flynn.  That's because Flynn would rather catch the mice than eat them, so he gives them to Eric after he catches them, though Flynn does eat some himself.  The main difference is that Flynn is more active than Eric.  Eric would rather nap than run, while Flynn is always chasing after prey and climbing trees.  Eric can run and chase prey and climb trees, he just doesn't like doing it as much as Flynn does.

                                     Eric loves the rat which is scruffy.
                                     It's losing its fur and is not very fluffy.
                                            He carries it around
                                            And sleeps with it, sound.
                                     It's his favorite toy when he wants to play rough-y.

15 comments:

Daisy said...

Eric is very lucky to have a special toy like Scruffy Rat.

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

Fank yoo Karen Jo furr my pome, I reely like it. Yer rite about Scruffy Rat. He's the gratest.

Diamond Emerald-Eyes said...

That is a good limerick. We all has our favorite toys!

Parker said...

What a cute limerick for Eric!

Sunny's Mommy said...

What a sweet limerick about Eric and his toy :-)

zevo hussein calamari said...

That is a great limerick... thank you so much.

Big Piney Woods Cats said...

Thanks for writing all the wonderful limericks about us Cat Blogosphere cats. We really enjoy reading them.

Also, thanks for stopping by our memorial tribute to Daisy and signing the comment section.

Patches

MaoMao said...

Eric and Flynn are such great mancats, and I love yur limmericks fur them!

Kittyhugs and purrs from MaoMao!

Mickey's Musings said...

That is too cute about Eric and his rat! The limmericks for Eric & Flynn were spot on . You really are good :)
Purrs

The Devil Dog said...

Those are great limericks, Karen. What funny cats. I do not think I would like being snuffed by a horse.

Roxy

Anonymous said...

Eric you look like you are having so much fun!

Anonymous said...

Eric and Flynn are both delightful kitty brothers, and the look like they have so much fun together! I love your limericks for both of them *smile*.

Purrs and snuggles from Marilyn.

michico*Adan*Lego-小芥*阿丹*樂高 said...

Eric really does treature his rat toy, which means he is a very good boy.

I love them both very much, they are the sweetest brothers in the world~!

Lux said...

Scruffy Rat looks very special - I can see why Eric loves him!

The Cat Realm said...

Thank you for all your wonderful limericks!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Your friend Karl