Olympus Camedia: C-450 Zoom

Last night, as my mother momentarily parked our car outside the house, and while I was about to open our gate, I noticed a tiny creature curled up like a huge piece of black embroidery yarn at the threshold. At first it was hard to discern if it was a puppy or a kitten or nothing of that sort. That aside, she is still a pretty thing. And apparently, her idiotic mother simply left her there homeless.

After a prolonged physical observation, I have verified that it is, indeed, a lovely kitten. She is absolutely a beauty, and any bona fide ailurophile could not refuse to leave her just there.

So we stole, a.k.a. 'adopted' her that instant and took her in to our very animal-friendly house, where all the pets are adopted.

You ask, what do Chino, Kofi, and Mingming have to say about the new pet in the house? Well, Chino sniffs at her like mad, like the kitten has now become his favorite prey. Meanwhile, Kofi always gets in her combat approach each time she sees her. And Mingming? I actually made a formal introduction for the two of them.

'Look! Meet your new mother!'

And after what seemed like an hour of exchange of intense glances, they simply turned and brushed each other off. Ah, I should have known. After all, single Mingming is still not ready to bring up a young.

*The name Freia is derived from Friday, the day I took her in our home.