The Mother Kitty
A rare beauty, The Mother Kitty is always the talk of the town.
Dad found out that a friend’s son in college was looking for a home for the cat that lurked outside his dorm. One day, Dad brought her home.
After a scrubby bath, the salt-and-pepper kitty turned out to be fluffy winter white. Her friends at the university called her Ghost. Here, her name became The Kitty because she said that’s just fine, thank you. (She was the only Kitty around here, after all.)
Soon, The Kitty became The Mother Kitty, bearing six kittens. (Gordon stuck around for a while, while the others eventually moved in with friends.)
The Mother Kitty — and all her kittens — became instant family. She roams the two-story house and surrounding yard and woods as if she owns it. (She does.) Indoors, she hunts through belongings for barrettes, paper clips, business cards, and jewelry, delivering them as random gifts. At times, she traps people for hours, napping on laps. Outside, she helps Mom go through the daily mail and gardening. She also climbs her favorite pine tree to keep her eye on all the neighborhood happenings.
The Mother Kitty is a true lady, caring and stern, street smart and full of wisdom, opinionated and no-nonsense. Mom, Bette Davis, and Eleanor Roosevelt are just a few of her role models. Her eclectic pastimes include reading, gardening, fine dining, music and formal dancing, astrology, staring contests, and messing with her roommate Simon’s head.
Her most distinctive feature, her multi-colored eyes, has always been a mystery. Some reports suggest that The Mother Kitty is thousands of years old and that her eyes mark the ages, serving as windows to the different eras and worldly locations she’s experienced. Others say her eyes reflect the level of her Jedi powers. Several studies explore their respective purposes and origins, but no conclusive or definitive comparisons have been drawn. Some have gone as far as to link her to Buddha, David Bowie, and Dorothy Parker. The Mother Kitty does not dispute any of these theories but will not discuss it. And she will stare you down until you stop asking her.
