Mr. Stiffy
by Cindy Laforge.........................................
When my mommy came up to my room the night after my birthday, there were tears in her eyes. It was the day my daddy had died two years before and so it was always a really sad day for us. I said to mommy that it was ok and daddy was in a really good place where there were lots of pictures of us and there was always his favorite hotdogs like he liked.

But it was even worst. Our best friend cat Mr. Stiffy we called him that because he walked on his tiptoes a lot sometimes with really stiff legs even when he was a baby kitten had just passed away in the basement. I started crying a lot and ran downstairs and found him beside his food and water dish. He only looked asleep but when I touched him he was stiff not like when he was on his tiptoes but really stiff.

I started to cry and my mommy started to cry more and we sat on the floor with Mr. Stiffy until we had no tears left. We put him in a pillowcase and put him in the garage. Then we went on the computer and mommy found Rainbow Bridge. I think Rainbow Bridge is the very best place on the whole internet. I was so sad but then my mommy read stories by lots of people about how sad they were and I felt better.

I know that Mr. Stiffy is really happy now that he has gone over the bridge. I think the end of it is where daddy is too and now they are both really happy. Mr. Stiffy will remind Daddy about us and he can pet him. I used to think that it was awful that Daddy and Mr. Stiffy died the same day but now I think it is special. I hope grandma dies that day too.

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