Shadow

I am still not feeling good, but I do to see my doctor tomorrow.  I did finally manage to write a limerick.  Shadow lives with TT, Molly, Fatty and their beans.  He is the only mancat and the calmest of the cats.  He nearly died when he was a tiny kitten in 2003.  Some very mean people dropped off Molly and Shadow and their momcat and left them to take care of themselves.  When their new Mom found them, Shadow was so cold and hungry that he couldn't even lift his head.  The Mom took him home and wrapped him in a warm blanket and fed him sugar water.  She couldn't get Molly at that time, because Molly was too fast for her to catch.  The Boy took care of Shadow when the Mom went to work and Shadow has been devoted to him ever since.  Shadow even kneads and sucks on the Boy's blanket while the Boy is at school.  Shadow loves catnip, but he will only accept it if it is on a plate or in a bowl.  If it is just on
the floor, he will ignore it.  Shadow also loves to play with toy mousies and feather toys.  Shadow is polydactyl, having three extra toes on each of his front paws.  He talks to Fatty through the door, when Fatty is outside.  He really likes Fatty, though Molly and TT don't care for her much, especially Molly.

                                     Shadow is the mighty mancat of the house.
                                     He stays out of trouble and plays with his mouse.
                                           He's quite fond of Fatty,
                                           Though she drives Molly batty.
                                     Shadow's quite content with things in his house.

Shadow

Shadow was adopted from the Hawaiian Humane Center when she was a kitten.  Kinsey is the one who picked her out and they have been best friends ever since.  Shadow is the one who keeps order among the kitties.  She keeps Merlin in line, even though he is much bigger than she is.  Shadow doesn't play much with Merlin or Ko-Ko.  She prefers to play with toys or Kinsey.  One day she got to the top of the bookcase and discovered a plush raven.  They soon became good friends.

                                              Shadow climbs to the top of the books
                                              To be with Raven, one of the rooks.
                                                          From there they look down
                                                           And watch Ko-Ko clown.
                                               They have lots of fun on top of the books.