A Rare Jewel
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat
By Joyce Laird

A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.
~Joseph Epstein

The tiny kitten appeared in my back yard one day. She was so small that she could curl up in the palm of my hand. I will never know where she came from, but she braved the dog, standing her ground against a huge white Husky whose snout was bigger than her whole body.

Little did I know that once I brought her inside, she would never leave my heart. She was soft as a bunny and snow-white all over except for the tips of her paws and her muzzle. These were a light shade of lavender. She had huge blue eyes, which I thought were because of her young age, but it turned out they would always remain blue. I took her to the vet to make sure she didn't have anything wrong with her, and he told me she was a Lavender Point Siamese.
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