ONCE UPON A DAY GONE BY

        What you call a “cat” am I.

        I halt on the path that was made by wheel ruts through the acres of cornfields away from Ms. Jorgun’s farmhouse.  I turn to look toward my tail.  The two kittens are attacking my tail playfully.

        Clouds fill my eyes and those clouds begin to rain the days that have passed.

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        Once upon a day gone by, there had been four lives.  We had been Minnie-Lee the Calico, Yang the white kitten, Yin the black kitten, and I, Noah the Grey.  We shuffled down a dirt trail through the acres of cornfields.

        Minnie-Lee the Calico sniffled constantly and she was weak but she rubbed her face into my neck.  She was a happy cat in her deep soul.

        Yang and Yin attacked pebbles and twigs playfully, sometimes falling too…