Cat Years
My 6-year-old daughter just skipped into the room to ask, "How old is Basil?"
Basil is our cat, an extremely loving and personable feline who takes turns sleeping on the kids' beds at night.
I smiled, thinking she wanted to plan a birthday party or something for him, "He's eleven years old now."
She counted from eleven to fifteen on her fingers, then frowned. "Well, I just read in this book that cats only live to be fifteen years old."
Uh-oh.
I quickly told her that if we keep Basil healthy and happy he might live to be twenty or more, "So make sure you give him lots of hugs and kisses every day." She seemed satisfied with that answer and went skipping away.
Come to think of it, lots of daily hugs and kisses are good for daddies too!
Basil is our cat, an extremely loving and personable feline who takes turns sleeping on the kids' beds at night.
I smiled, thinking she wanted to plan a birthday party or something for him, "He's eleven years old now."
She counted from eleven to fifteen on her fingers, then frowned. "Well, I just read in this book that cats only live to be fifteen years old."
Uh-oh.
I quickly told her that if we keep Basil healthy and happy he might live to be twenty or more, "So make sure you give him lots of hugs and kisses every day." She seemed satisfied with that answer and went skipping away.
Come to think of it, lots of daily hugs and kisses are good for daddies too!
Permalink posted by Phil at 12:27 AM
5 Comments:
so is laying in a sunbeam all day
Tell you're daughter we had a cat that lived 26 years.
Long live Basil!
Good fielding of a difficult question, Dad--three points!
Yeah..mums need those to live longer too!
Good save!
I'll have to use that for our 12 year old dog.
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