My alarm went off at 8am. I forgot to turn it off for the weekend.
got up and did my regular routine of checking the kittens. Tummies rose and fell with breath...
...except for one.
I rubbed his tummy for signs of life and found nothing.
I ran upstairs to karls door
"Hermes died. I wanted to see if you wanted to come to a kitty funeral" I said through sniffles.
We gathered the spoons and garden shears we could find. Violet, their mother, saw me carrying her kitten and tried to grab him by the scruff. I nudged her away and whispered "no mama. He's gone. Let him go".
we found the only soft spot of dirt near the house. I dug a hole til I hit clay as some of the other cats stood around me.
We burried him next to the air conditioner with a broken terra cotta pot for a headstone.
RIP Conrad Hermes.
got up and did my regular routine of checking the kittens. Tummies rose and fell with breath...
...except for one.
I rubbed his tummy for signs of life and found nothing.
I ran upstairs to karls door
"Hermes died. I wanted to see if you wanted to come to a kitty funeral" I said through sniffles.
We gathered the spoons and garden shears we could find. Violet, their mother, saw me carrying her kitten and tried to grab him by the scruff. I nudged her away and whispered "no mama. He's gone. Let him go".
we found the only soft spot of dirt near the house. I dug a hole til I hit clay as some of the other cats stood around me.
We burried him next to the air conditioner with a broken terra cotta pot for a headstone.
RIP Conrad Hermes.
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My condolences. And I concur w/MrStitches's comment.
-TM
Well, I came to tell you this:
*ahem*
But it's ok if you're too sad.