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animal behavior, animal liberation, cats, creative narrative, human-animal bond, human-animal relationships, infancy, spay/neuter
Shelly lifted herself from her fetal posture. It’s after dawn and her hunger pains began to settle in. Her wide yellow eyes looked toward her companions who had not yet risen, but one of them was suspiciously moving around in bed. Though she had been awake for a while, Shelly extended her rump into the air, stretching herself as if her body were being pulled by invisible thread tugged at opposite ends. She walked onto the bed and lowered her nose onto her shuffling companion’s face. Just as she suspected, her companion was not fully asleep. Despite her companion’s eyes remaining closed, her shallow breaths and mouth movements were enough indication for Shelly to wake her up. Continue reading