Oliver Kitteh - Chapter Four
In which the hero climbs his first mountain.
As told by Ms Brownlow (italic narration by Mabel).
Chapter one here.
Chapter two here.
Chapter three here.
In our last installment little Oliver recovered his lust for life, and conquered crawling over the rattan table base. By the way, Oliver is an older kitty now, these are stories that Ms Brownlow emailed me when I asked for examples of her kitty physical therapy. Little did I know how enthralling the story would be. Take it away Ms Brownlow!
Chapter two here.
Chapter three here.
In our last installment little Oliver recovered his lust for life, and conquered crawling over the rattan table base. By the way, Oliver is an older kitty now, these are stories that Ms Brownlow emailed me when I asked for examples of her kitty physical therapy. Little did I know how enthralling the story would be. Take it away Ms Brownlow!
Having successfully climbed over the rattan tablebase, I decided to
build him a towel mountain. Because Oliver was having trouble
covering much distance horizontally, I thought it would be worth a
try.
I folded a couple of bathtowels into a soft little moutain with
sloping sides. You can't really tell from the picture, but it was a
pretty steep climb and a few layers high. This gave him something he
could climb up, with the terry loops giving him something to hold on
to, and he wouldn't have to be able to lift his body 'off' as he would
on the floor, but could just kind of hug it as he climbed. Like his
own little rock wall, but made of white terry cloth instead. Cuddly.
He noticed right away and immediately headed toward it. Well, it was
right next to his sleeping spot, so for a regular kitty 'heading
toward it' would have been a couple of steps and the climb would have
been nothing. The towel mountain might not even have been all that
interesting.
But Oliver loved it. He worked hard to get to it and immediately set
about trying to climb it. It obviously took a lot of effort, but my
little hero kitten gave it all he had. And when he got to the 'top'
he collapsed, exhausted.
build him a towel mountain. Because Oliver was having trouble
covering much distance horizontally, I thought it would be worth a
try.
I folded a couple of bathtowels into a soft little moutain with
sloping sides. You can't really tell from the picture, but it was a
pretty steep climb and a few layers high. This gave him something he
could climb up, with the terry loops giving him something to hold on
to, and he wouldn't have to be able to lift his body 'off' as he would
on the floor, but could just kind of hug it as he climbed. Like his
own little rock wall, but made of white terry cloth instead. Cuddly.
He noticed right away and immediately headed toward it. Well, it was
right next to his sleeping spot, so for a regular kitty 'heading
toward it' would have been a couple of steps and the climb would have
been nothing. The towel mountain might not even have been all that
interesting.
But Oliver loved it. He worked hard to get to it and immediately set
about trying to climb it. It obviously took a lot of effort, but my
little hero kitten gave it all he had. And when he got to the 'top'
he collapsed, exhausted.
[Look he's collapsed! So cute!!]
Climbing it was hard work, but kittens aren't afraid of hard work, and
Oliver is a a full-fledged kitten, just a little bit challenged in
some ways. (Which Chloe seemed to know but he didn't.)
Climbing the towel moutain helped him get a lot stronger. And he
climbed it repeatedly. Partly because he needed a lot of naps and
he'd decided he should be talking his naps there. It became his new
sleeping space. Or he wanted to keep climbing it and climbing it
wiped him out each time. Either way, that was where he slept once I
put it there.
4 comments:
Oliver is amazing.
Oliver is a a full-fledged kitten, just a little bit challenged in
some ways. (Which Chloe seemed to know but he didn't.)
Maybe this description befits all of us... We each have challenges and limitations. If we dwell on those, comparing ourselves to other "more perfect" creatures, we are in danger of becoming discouraged and depressed and so give up trying, growing. But if we only see ourselves as "full-fledged," we keep going and going, and discovering all the things we CAN Do and Become.
Oliver is swiftly becoming one of my heroes ... alright, alright, he was a hero the first time you introduced him to us Frogs.
Doesn't Ms Brownlow tell a good tale/tail? Her love for her little rescue dudes just pours out of these stories. And (in re Ladada's comment) her depth too. ;-)
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