Thank
heavens it’s warm enough for a good nap.
I was beginning to think that naps were going to be cold forever.
We have just survived a most
terrible time! Last week, I think it
was, the lights went out when Mom was getting ready to bake something. She was not happy about that, because, at the
same time, the heat went off, too.
Anyway, she didn’t think much about it, so we didn’t, either. Mom thought the lights would be back on
fairly soon, but she was terribly wrong!
She went to her class, and when she got back, it was still dark and
getting very cold in our home, but she didn’t turn on the heat. She put on a lot of clothes and after eating
a little something, we all went to bed.
It wasn’t too bad when we were all snuggled up together. Mom put some extra blankets on the bed and
she got so warm that she was sweating.
When we got up the next morning, it
was colder than ever! How horrible! I hardly felt like eating, because it was so
cold. Mom said that Dad couldn’t get a
train to come home, so it would be at least Monday before we had any lights. I think that was two night times away, so she
was not at all happy about it. Mina and
I spent all day under the comforter, so we could keep warm. We all snuggled again that night (Mom says it
was Saturday night), but the next morning was even colder! I told Mom time and again that I was cold,
but she didn’t do anything about it. Why
didn’t she just turn on the heat? Why
did Dad have to be here to get lights?
There are so many human things that I just do not understand! Anyway, we ate breakfast and spent that day
under the comforter, too. That night, we
all snuggled together once again to keep warm.
It would have been much easier to just turn on the heat!
The next morning, which Mom said was
Sunday, it was colder yet and I thought that we all were going to freeze to
death. I complained to Mom a lot, but
still she did nothing. When she came
home from her night class, she brought a stranger upstairs with her, using a
flashlight, put us in the box, and packed up our food and litter box. We all rolled off in the stranger’s car to
her house. We were let out of the box in
a place that had furniture (couches and chairs), lots of plants, and clothes on
the drying rack. It was warm! Mom was out with the stranger for a while and
then she came in and lay down on the couch and covered up with a
comforter. Mina and I let her sleep for
a while, but we just had to talk to her about the new place and ask her if we
were going to live there now. How many
moves can a person make? Anyway, she
kept telling us to be quiet and go to sleep, but we just couldn’t do it.
In the morning, Mom spent some more
time with the stranger and then a man and two boys looked in to see us. Very soon, we were put into the carrier and
everything packed up. The stranger
dropped us off at our place and left.
Mom carried us and everything else up the stairs to our apartment. Oh, it was so cold! We immediately went under the comforter. Mom went out for a little bit that day, but
then she got under the covers with us and spent most of the rest of the day
there. Finally, after dark, Dad came
home. It was warm in our bed that night,
with the four of us in it.
In the morning, as soon as he could,
Dad left the house and came back quite a while later and said that we would
have lights that night. It would be
better to have heat! We spent the day
under the comforter once again. After
dark, the lights suddenly came on and, coincidentally, so did the heat. It has taken a very long time to get warm in
here, and it’s not really all that warm, but it’s better than it was. Mom and Dad are still cold, but they don’t
complain too much. Mina and I are not
complaining, even though we would like it warmer. At least all four of us are together and able
to keep each other warm. Mina and I
always have the comforter, although sometimes I do sleep in the furry bed
again. It was too cold before, but now I
have my heart cushion on my suitcase right next to the radiator and Mina sits
on the kitchen radiator. I’m so glad
things are back to normal again. Mom says
it will get warmer, but it will just take a little time.
Why did the heat go off at the same
time the lights went out? Mina and I
could do just fine without lights, but Mom and Dad seem to like them a
lot. The heat, however, is a much
different matter. We were so cold! How could Mom do that to us? At least she could cook, but that didn’t do
much for us, only for her. She kept
using a candle and a flashlight and she kept boiling water. It felt a little bit warmer in the kitchen,
but nowhere else. Also, why didn’t she
watch TV or something so we all could have cuddled together to keep warm? Mom is very strange sometimes, always
thinking of herself instead of us.
Well, I think the comforter needs
me, so I will be off for a nap.
Yours,
Apache
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