Oliver Kitteh - Chapter Five
Comprising further particulars of Oliver's physical therapy.
As told by Ms Brownlow (italic narration by Mabel).
Click here for chapters one, two, three and four.
Dear Faithful Readers, thank-you for your patience in awaiting the next adventure of Oliver Kitteh. You shall be well rewarded by another exciting tale of fortitude, and another adorable picture.
I got this little structure at Petco. I thought Oliver might like it
because he liked 'climbing over' thingsand it's made with plastic dowels.
The picture shows Oliver 'climbing through' after climbing over his
towel mountain and down the other side into this little structure. He
appears to be lying, and his is resting at the moment I snapped the
picture, but this is what he looked like walking.
And all this took a lot of time, a lot of effort, and lots and lots of
practice. Whenever he wasn't sleeping, he was working at mastering
getting about. I've never seen a kitten who worked so hard.
He slept very soundly in between his adventures, because he was
completely exhausted. But he took advantage of everything given him
that gave him an opportunity to master a new ability.
You may be able to spot a small 'window' in this little structure.
It's an opening in the 'room' part of the structure to the left in the
picture, and the opening you can see is in the upper left corner of
the picture. There was another opening opposite. Once Oliver was
stronger [and bigger] he made it a point to master getting through the
window. Once, he could, he made it a point for a few days to always
go through the window when going in or out of the little structure.
Oliver Kitteh: Hardest working kitton* in show business. I shall remember him this week whenever I face any daunting tasks.
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* Kitton: Not a type-o. Pronounced: kee-tohn (silent "n"). My old roommate used to like proncouncing "kitten" as though it were a French word.
3 comments:
Oliver is my hero!
I'm gonna have to put his picture up on my desk for those times when the task seems too daunting.
yes, I agree. Heroic efforts. I had forgotten, but it's like when my daughter was learning how to climb stairs without using her hands-- she would spend hours a day, working on any step she could find, going up and down. Even curbs. I could use that single-minded focus at the moment! Great pictures, he is adorable!
Great story. Also similar to the book My Stroke of Insight, in how the author worked on getting her speech etc back. Just one task and focus focus focus. Then pass out.
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