My favorite pet is my girl cat, Koei (Koe is Dutch for cow, I added the i because she's little).
She is so sweet to me. She sleeps with me everynight. She will lay on my tummy, stretch her arms out on both sides of my neck like she is hugging me.
About 2 1/2 years ago two kittens showed up in my garden. The first was Koei. It turned out that they belonged to people that went on vacation for 5 weeks and left the kittens at home to take care of themselves. There were four kittens, two died. The day I saw her it was raining, and I could tell she wasn't well. I brought her in and fed her and adopted her.
The next day her twin showed up in the back yard. He was in the same condition. Starving and in the rain. So, I took him in. I named him leeuw (Dutch for lion). Now he is huge! She is so little.
They both have been so loving to me. Leeuw has actually licked the tears off my face. However, I think one of the reasons I love Koei so much is that she had a kittens that I saw being born.:) She was such a good mother!!! She is so tiny, but she had four beautiful kittens. Two sets of twins that looked just like her and her brother. She looks like a cow, he is pitch black. She took such good care of those babies. She even brought her brother up to meet them. He used to play with them. Believe it or not!!!! He was so gentle and loving.
Anyway, that is my kitty story. Gosh, animals are wonderful, aren't they???