Definition of kitten
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amediaI ran into this definition of kitten on Teh Intarwebs that tickled my funnybone:
It occurred to me that this definition also applies to Vienne, who is still very much a smallish muffin on legs.
Pom, as a baby cat, looked like a dust mouse,
but he has grown into a very elegant, long-legged creature with a jaunty manner.
Vienne, however, is still rather squarish and short-legged and made up primarily of fluff, despite being a fierce maraudress and a terror to unsuspecting geckoes*, spiders, and reservoirs of water**.
Baby Vienne
Big Vienne (not that much bigger)
So I have added "Muffin" to her list of epithets, alongside Princess. Because cats with personality need more than one nickname, and Pom already has several.
*(No, she doesn't go outside. She finds the poor creatures in the garage and brings them into the house for fun times.)
**(Well aware of Vienne's proclivities for knocking over any container that might possibly contain liquid, we now use large plastic cups--the kind you get free from barbecue joints--as water pitchers and try to remember to empty them before leaving the room.)
"Kitten: A small homicidal muffin on legs that; affects human sensibilities to the point of endowing the most wanton acts of destruction with near-mystical overtones of cuteness. Source: Anonymous"
It occurred to me that this definition also applies to Vienne, who is still very much a smallish muffin on legs.
Pom, as a baby cat, looked like a dust mouse,
but he has grown into a very elegant, long-legged creature with a jaunty manner.
Vienne, however, is still rather squarish and short-legged and made up primarily of fluff, despite being a fierce maraudress and a terror to unsuspecting geckoes*, spiders, and reservoirs of water**.
Baby Vienne
Big Vienne (not that much bigger)
So I have added "Muffin" to her list of epithets, alongside Princess. Because cats with personality need more than one nickname, and Pom already has several.
*(No, she doesn't go outside. She finds the poor creatures in the garage and brings them into the house for fun times.)
**(Well aware of Vienne's proclivities for knocking over any container that might possibly contain liquid, we now use large plastic cups--the kind you get free from barbecue joints--as water pitchers and try to remember to empty them before leaving the room.)
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Date: 2016-08-05 03:32 pm (UTC)Your Pom is one of the handsomest cats I've seen - just look at him! I bet you didn't expect such a cutie from the dusty mouse kitten.
Vienne sounds like a little terror. ♥ And a lot like my Daisy!
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Date: 2016-08-09 02:23 am (UTC)Aw, thank you! We really didn't know what to expect, and were astonished and delighted how elegantly he turned out! He is just a wonderful kitty and we love him to pieces.
Vienne sounds like a little terror. ♥ And a lot like my Daisy!
She is! And yet, thoroughly loveable--as I'm sure Daisy is, too!
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Date: 2016-08-09 12:52 pm (UTC)