I’m sorry I haven’t written for a while but it’s just been so busy that I don’t really know where to start. I’ll try my very best to tell you everything and hopefully I won’t leave anything out.
It all started in the middle of last week when some men turned up to start dismantling my box mountain range. It was so noisy and disruptive and mummy and daddy kept moving us from one room to another as the men moved everything around and then out of the front door bit by bit. Then it all went quiet and the men left but mummy and daddy carried on making new box mountains and all we had time for at the end of the evening was a little bit of time with mummy on the balcony before it was time for bed. Wait a second though, where are we going to sleep? All our scratching posts have gone, most of our beds have disappeared and the spare room where I go for quiet nap time is bare. I guess mummy and daddy will have to budge over and we’ll just pile on the bed but it’s a bit warm so maybe we’ll just see how it goes. There’s still some empty boxes that make good napping spots.
Then morning came and mummy came through as she had to go to work, she said she wouldn’t be long as she was just giving all her stuff back before heading home at lunchtime. When she came through to the living room there we were with a box each. But mummy you can’t leave us like this I meowed but mummy said daddy was here to look after us girls and she’d be home soon. Then a little while later the men came back and started all over again, this time the sofa went and mummy and daddy’s bed, everything. By the time mummy got home, most of our stuff had gone into the back of the big truck I could hear every so often outside, we all sat round the flat and had a little chat and by then I was so used to the two men that I even went over to say hello to one of them! They had been so good making sure we were safe and secure before they opened our door to take all the stuff out I thought I best say “Thanks”.
Then finally they left and all our stuff was gone, or so I thought, until I heard mummy making some very scary noise in the bedroom, it was like very loud windy noise, when it stopped I went in to explore and bumped into a strange firm, squishy thing. Daddy said it was what mummy and daddy were sleeping on tonight, like indoor camping. Then there was a knock on the door and my Aunty M turned up to see us. Mummy and I took her out for a quick walkies and then we went home and daddy and Uncle M had gone out so they went to join them and left us girls to chill out for a bit.
Without the stuff in the flat Millie and I realised that our meows sounded all loud and echoey and so that night once mummy and daddy had gone to bed Millie and I had a competition to see whose meow could echo the loudest. It was great fun but I’m not sure mummy and daddy enjoyed it though it really did make me feel better demonstrating how upset I was at all the disruption.
In the morning mummy and daddy were rushing around when another strange man turned up, he was called Ian and he came in to say hello to us. He introduced himself to each of us in turn and then chatted a bit with mummy and daddy before he left again. Millie knew there was something odd about him, she really wasn’t sure, she’s not very good with strangers and so she went and hid under kitchen units just in case, having pulled off the bottom bit so she could squeeze in. Mummy managed to find her though and got her out and picked her up and went to the front door which I heard close behind her, that’s odd I thought, why is Millie going for walkies and without a harness and lead? That really is odd, I don’t like this very much and then through the door I heard Millie wail, it was the kind of wail that she does when she’s put in the carrier and taken to the v-e-t. Then mummy came back in and a short time later she scooped Angelin up and took her out as well. I was getting a bit scared now as one by one my sisfurs were disappearing, was I next? Then mummy did something very strange, she put my harness and lead on and out we went too but this time daddy came with us. I meowed and meowed as mummy picked me up and carried me downstairs and outside. This was in no way, shape or form a walkies. I was really scared and confused as mummy and daddy gave me a big hug each and lots of kisses and told me to be a good girl and look after Millie and Angelin. Mummy’s voice sounded strange as I was handed over to the strange man who put me into a strange smelling cage where the others were waiting for me. Then the door opened and I head mummy and daddy talking and saying they’d see us soon. Then the door closed, I heard the noise of an engine start up and we moved away. But where’s mummy and daddy? I meowed, where are we going? I was scared and we all cuddled together, Millie and Angelin were asking me what was going on, where were we going? I thought mummy and daddy loved us? Have we been naughty? I remembered when I had come to first meet my pawents, all those years ago and wondered if now, we were being moved on to another family but then I remembered what daddy had told me when Millie had hurt her paw. We’re a family and we always would be, we would never be separated and they had made a promise to look after us for ever no matter what. Mummy had said before that she needed me to be brave and I think this was the time that she meant so I mustered all my strength and courage and despite being scared I still trust mummy and daddy with all my heart. They would never do anything to hurt us so I reassured Millie and Angelin and we prepared ourselves together for whatever might lie ahead.
It was a long time before we stopped and Ian came back to check on us, we were all ok but a moving vehicle isn’t easy for two blindies and a tripaws to manage in but we did our best and tried to chill out as best we could. Millie was unusually quiet but at least we were together and Ian was very nice and looked after us really well, he chatted away to us but we weren’t at our final stop which was still a long way away. After a whole day travelling with a couple of stops we pulled in somewhere and Ian told us that we had arrived. He left us in the van for a bit by ourselves and then one by one we were put into a carrier and taken inside somewhere. There were lots of strange voices but I recognised a couple of them as the men who had taken all our stuff, the others weren’t familiar and I was listening out for mummy and daddy’s voices but I couldn’t hear them, even with my super blindie senses turned right up. Maybe I was wrong, maybe this was a new family, maybe mummy and daddy had left us. Now I was really scared and very confused. Still I clung onto the feeling in my heart that mummy and daddy would never leave us and tried to be strong once more. I could smell familiar things in the room where we were put and having explored a little bit I found our scratching posts, litter tray and food and water, beds and toys so I know we were at least going to be comfortable. Outside the room there was similar noises to what we had heard a few days before with footsteps going backwards and forward all the time but we were kept quiet in our room together. Then after ages and ages the footsteps stopped and we heard less voices. Then after what seemed like forever, the door opened and I heard the familiar voice of mummy. “My girls” she said, “I missed you, are you all ok?” “Mummy!” I meowed I delight as loud as I could from the top of the scratching post. With all the disruption I couldn’t quite figure the way down quick enough but it didn’t matter as mummy scooped me up in the biggest cuddle ever. We all had a big group hug on the floor and from then on I knew we would all be ok. After a while mummy left and then daddy came in and we had more hugs and cuddles.
Over the next few hours they kept popping in to check on us and then one time mummy came in with someone new, mummy said she was my cousin and she stroked us gently and played with our toys but we were still a bit nervous so not really in the playing mood. Then we met more people, one by one and always with mummy or daddy with us, they said this was our family and they had all been dying to meet us. Eventually though, things quietened down and all that was left was mummy, daddy and two other people whose voices I had heard all day since we arrived. We were let out of our room to explore and we met, for the first time our grandpawents. They spoke funny and I didn’t quite understand them but they were calm and gentle, it was their voices that I had heard through the door. They also stayed the night and to make us feel better mummy and daddy slept on the funny mattress in with us in our room.
We slept well that night, Daddy, Mummy, Me, Millie and Angelin all in the same room, it had been a very long and tough day but as long as we’re together we’ll be just fine.
Jenny’s Story 