Indy
by Jennifer Santi
The pain was so much, I could do nothing but crawl away and hide. I laid there, bones broken, spine damaged for two days. I cried out but my meow was so weak that no one could hear me. I licked my wounds but they still would not heal. I thought it is time for me to go but I did not want to leave like that, I wanted to be in my Daddy's arms once again. It hurt so much to stand on my broken leg but I knew I had to be strong and brave. I climbed the two flights of stairs although it took me so long, but I knew that at the end of this journey I would be swept up in my Daddys arms and everything would be ok again. I curled up on the mat outside of my Daddys door and fell asleep, I was just too tired to cry out. When I heared the door I opened my eyes and there he was, I let out a little cry of hello and my Daddy fell to his knees and picked up my little broken body so carefully and covered my face in kisses. I was home. My Daddy took me to the animal hospital and they fixed all my little broken bones, my tail didn't seem to want to work anymore and for a while I walked around and it dragged on the floor. I tried everything but it didn't seem to want to wag for me. Soon I went back to the hospital and when I woke up my tail was gone. Daddy told me it was ok and he started to call me Bunny, I liked that. I wasn't able to use my kitty litter box anymore though, no matter how hard I tried nothing came out. Daddy told me it was ok and he took every day to my doctors and they would squeeze me and it hurt, oh how I would cry, but then I felt so much better. My Daddy did this for me for 5 years. I had the best Daddy in the world, he LOVED me so much. In the end even my doctor couldn't help me anymore, he squeezed and squeezed but still nothing. I was so tired and I loved my Daddy so much but it was time for me. I stopped eating and I hoped that my Daddy would be ok. My Daddy went away on a trip and I decided that this should be the time for me to go. I didn't want my Daddy to have to see this, he fought so hard to keep me with him. I asked my new mommy to be by my side instead. As my mommy drove me to my favorite Doctors I felt so peaceful, I fell asleep in the front seat with my crazy nutball brother dogs in the back. My mommy and I went inside to my Doctors and she stroked my back until I drifted off into a deep sleep. When I woke up I was surrounded by all of these other animals, and they were licking me and telling me I was safe and sound. They showed me a beautiful rainbow and they showed me a bridge and told me one day my Daddy would come over that bridge and then we could be together forever. I stood up and felt something very familiar, it was my tail and it was wagging so fast I had to chase it around in circles. I ran with my new friends, even the birds couldn't keep up and then, oh boy, oh boy I went to the bathroom all by myself. The sun is so bright here and I have so many new friends. We just sleep and play all day. I have seen some friends go when their mommy or daddy comes to get them. I know one day my Daddy will come and get me but I have to be honest, I hope it isn't too soon because I am having so much fun here and I know that once he comes this time it will be forever so I am happy to wait here and won't he be happy to see how I found my tail and how much I can make it wag for him.
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