CATS

Since young,I have always pleaded my parents for a cat but they repetitively said a "no".After many years, when I turned sixteen they bought me a cat for my birthday.I felt overwhelmed as after many years they have fulfilled my wishes.I always read up alot about cats just in case if my parents gave me such a surprise by giving me a cat.

I thought that after reading up alot about them i would be a good caretaker.It was true for a few months but after sometime things changed drastically.In the beginning,I spent at least 2 hours a day playing with my cat and taking good care of it.As my O levels were nearing i rarely had time to take care and play wif my cat.Truely speaking i even forgot that i had a cat as my pet as i only concentrated on my studies and forgot all about my cat.

Everyday after i return from school late in the evening,my cat would come near me and rub its body against my leg and purr loudly but i would just shove it away and just walk away.All of a sudden, my cat stopped addressing my presence.It stopped following me everywhere i went in the house and it kept itself confined to its cushion and rarely ate.Even my Mother complained to me about my irresponsibility but i never gave a thought about it.

To my dismay,my cat passed away within a few months after being left all alone without any form of care.Only after it passed away i realised the great mistake which i had just made.I was the one who pleaded for a cat and after i got one i reluctantly just left it all alone.Only after my cats death i knew how irresponsible i was all this while.Since then i never wanted a pet as i knew that i will never be a good caretaker.

Azeezah Azraa
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-Cats-

I used to be afraid of cats and would run away from them no matter how far they are from me. However, one incident made me overcome my fear of cats and that incident was one that i would never forget.

I was walking home at night after finishing a school project at my friend's house. As I walked down the dimly lit pavement, I was wondering about what grade my group would get for the project. Still deep in thought, I crossed the road but I used the zebra-crossing.

While I was crossing, part of me was still thinking about the project but a bright light suddenly shone onto me. I realised that it was a car travelling towards me at a great speed and i did not stop even though there was a flashing yellow light to tell the driver that it was a zebra-crossing.

"MEOW!" My attention was turned towards the meow and I let out a piercing scream and ran back towards the pavement where I had just left and saw a shadowy figure of a cat dashing away into the darkness. Just at the same time, the car drove past the place where i had just stood moments before.

I remained lying down on the ground and panting. What just happened kept replaying in my head again and again but one thing that felt very hard to believe was that the cat had saved my life. From then on, I did not fear cats any more and even kept one as a pet for myself.

d0neby: KAIMI