Post by Vaellin the Bard on Dec 29, 2022 9:38:02 GMT -6
Lives of a Cat
A cat rests on a shelf, knowing his life is coming to an end. He’d spent eight lives prior knowing what death felt like and this, being his ninth life, would be his last. But he didn’t complain. He had had good lives and bad lives. And this one… this had been a good life. He spent it as Rasputin, a small kitten with six toes who was loved by his family until his old age. Now he couldn’t see, could barely hear, and knew his family was making a hard decision. Honestly, he was more worried about them than himself. But they’d pull through. They had another cat there, Sasha, who would help comfort them.
As he waited through his final moments, he thought back on his other eight lives. His first had been short and sweet, still a kitten but unable to survive due to health complications. Perhaps that was why he was so prepared for all his other lives to come. The memories were vague, though, as he looked back.As he considered his second through eighth life, he realized it was all a bit jumbled.
He had different names each time: Bear, Fluffy, Harry, Mr. Philosopher of the Pillows (Phil for short), Scar, Tom, and a life without a name.
Each life had some significant memory that stood out: Climbing the tree in the backyard, curling up with his mother on cold winter nights, eating fresh fish from a fancy restaurant, being locked in a cage, meeting his owner's grand children, going to pageant shows, and wearing silly hats.
Each life also ended differently: cancer, choking, eaten by dogs, falling from a height too high for even cats, liver failure, shot by neighborhood kids, and starving.
After that he just remembered the following:
1. The life where he remembers eating a fish bone was two after his life as Scar
2. The life where he mostly remembers being locked in a cage was two before his life without a name.
3. He starved to death the life before he died from a fall from too high up.
4. He was named Harry the life after he starved to death.
5. He choked to death three lives before he was shot by the neighborhood kids.
6. His memory of wearing silly hats (and hating it by the way) was from the life after he starved to death.
7. Mr. Philosopher of the Pillows was NOT his sixth life.
8. Fluffy either died of liver failure or was his 4th life.
9. His nameless life was either ended by falling from too high up or his 4th life.
10. Between the life where he remembered climbing the tree in the backyard and his 8th life, one died of cancer and the other he was named Tom.
11. Between his life as Harry and his life where his biggest memory is curling up with his mother, one is his third life and the other he was eaten by dogs.
12. The life where he got to meet his owner's grandchildren was two after the life where he was eaten by dogs.
13. Scar spent his life locked in a cage.
{Answer}
Second life was named Scar. He starved to death and only remembers being locked in a cage
Second life was named Scar. He starved to death and only remembers being locked in a cage
Third life was Harry where he spent way too much time wearing silly hats and died falling from too high
Fourth life was nameless. He ate fancy fish though! He died from choking to death (on a fish bone as some may have figured out)
Fifth life was Fluffy, the pageant show winner who died of liver failure||
Sixth life was Bear who lived a short life curled up with his mother on cold winter nights. He died being eaten by dogs
Seventh life was Tom who spent his time climbing a tree in the backyard. Unfortunately he was shot by neighborhood kids
Eighth life was Mr. Philosopher of the Pillows who got to meet his owner's grandchildren. He died of cancer