Dewey the Cat
December 10th 2008 21:00
I’ve been flat out at work lately so I haven’t had much chance to do what I normally do in my spare time: read. Don’t laugh but this week, I struggled to finish a 200 page romance novel.
I’ve managed to get some time to have a browse at my favourite book store and came across a book about Dewey the cat. Skimming through the first chapter almost had me in tears: one winter’s day, an abandoned kitten is found shoved inside a library after-hours collection chute. The kitten is ice cold. One of the librarians takes him in and he becomes the library’s mascot, spending time hanging out in the library, living to the ripe old age of 19.
The author, one lucky Vicki Myron who was also Dewey’s prime carer, was given a US$1.25 million advance to write a book about Dewey and the result is Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World.
Dewey’s story makes me wonder what I would do if I ever found an abandoned animal. I couldn’t see myself turning my back on it. The least I would do would be to hand it over to the local animal shelter. Of course, chances are, I would probably look into its eyes and fall in love with it and end up keeping it inside my flat on the sly, hoping my landlord would never get to find out about it.
I’m glad Dewey’s story had a happy ending. But I’m also angry at the irresponsible person who abandoned him. I’m planning on buying a copy of Myron’s book as soon as I go on holidays this Christmas. It will make great holiday reading.
Dewey the Cat story
I’ve managed to get some time to have a browse at my favourite book store and came across a book about Dewey the cat. Skimming through the first chapter almost had me in tears: one winter’s day, an abandoned kitten is found shoved inside a library after-hours collection chute. The kitten is ice cold. One of the librarians takes him in and he becomes the library’s mascot, spending time hanging out in the library, living to the ripe old age of 19.
The author, one lucky Vicki Myron who was also Dewey’s prime carer, was given a US$1.25 million advance to write a book about Dewey and the result is Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World.
Dewey’s story makes me wonder what I would do if I ever found an abandoned animal. I couldn’t see myself turning my back on it. The least I would do would be to hand it over to the local animal shelter. Of course, chances are, I would probably look into its eyes and fall in love with it and end up keeping it inside my flat on the sly, hoping my landlord would never get to find out about it.
I’m glad Dewey’s story had a happy ending. But I’m also angry at the irresponsible person who abandoned him. I’m planning on buying a copy of Myron’s book as soon as I go on holidays this Christmas. It will make great holiday reading.
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Comment by Kleonaptra
Kalikapsychosis
Its really hard to give them up, because whatever care you can offer is still better than animal welfare league....And especially at this time of year, so many cats and dogs get put down.
Comment by Queenie
Quirky Folk
Quirky Queenie
Here's the link anyway.
Daily Telegraph story
My ex-neighbour says if something happened to her, she would rather have her cats put down rather than to hand them over to an animal shelter.
On the other hand, it's great seeing friends and colleagues take homeless animals. Recently one of the managers at my workplace was helping his friend find a home for a cat and he had no shortage of volunteers.