Sanam G.

Adopting My Kittens

   When I woke up on a Saturday morning,excitement rushed through
me.My parents told me we will be picking up a surprise that day. I
knew the surprise was gonna be good. After  we got in the car, my
mom told me the place that we would be going is a tiny bit far.To
make it even longer, my dad said he had to get groceries.When we
FINALLY got to the place, I didn't  even know where I was. But when
we walked into the building, the sour smell of wet animals hit me.I
saw dog bones, mouse toys, and feather toys.That's when it hit me.
We were in a Animal Shelter.

It was my first time ever in a Shelter.I thought to myself,”why are we
here?”,Then I was told that we would take home TWO kittens. I
stopped.I gasped.

”Really?” I exclaimed,”We are taking home two kittens”? “Yes,we
are.” mom replied.

The only pets that I ever had was goldfish years ago.A nice lady led
me, my mom, and my dad to a room. It was a small room, but in that
room, was a crate with a litter of four little kittens. One was a Tabby
cat, two were Calico cats, and the last one had spots. They felt like
balls of fluff, or pom poms. They showed their affection to us by
purring, and rubbing on us.My parents wanted the Tabby cat, and one
of the calico cats. I did too. The lady put those two in a carrier, then
she put the other two back into the crate. My heart sank for them. I
wanted all of them to get a home. But later that day,another family
adopted the other kittens, so they all got a home.

We went into another room and a lady taught us how to clip their
nails, and brush them, because they would shed soon.

Now we could go home.My dad drove, and me and my mom sat in
the back with the cats. My sister, Leyli, was at a ski trip with her
friends in Vermont, so she couldn't see them. My mom FaceTimed
her, and showed her the cats. She was so happy, that she started to
cry tears of joy, on the ski lift! By the time we got home, I had so
many missed texts from Leyli, requesting pictures of the cats.I sent
picture after picture, non stop for Leyli. Pictures of them sleeping,
and pictures of them playing.I spent the rest of the day upstairs,
playing and cuddling with them, then over FaceTime, me and Leyli
decided their names, Khorshid, and Rostam.

Now I wanted to go to bed. I brushed my teeth, put on my pajamas,
then got into bed. My mom put the cats in their cat bed, because they
were also tired, but they wanted to sleep with me. After countless
times of trying to put them in their cat bed, they would not budge. In
the end, they ended up sleeping right next to me. They started to lick
me on the nose, then they purred, and they needed on me. I woke
up the next day, with cats in my face, petting me with their paws to
wake me up, and play. I got up, gave them their food, and then we
started to play. After half an hour, my sister came home.

Leylis  friend, Grace, came to see them. Once Leyli got upstairs, she
was all over them, giving them hugs, kisses, and playing with them.
She loved them like I did. I think she forgot to say hi to me after a few
minutes, until I said hi. The cats would keep meowing, and meowing,
as if they were begging us to play with them. At the end of the day,
Khorshid went to go sleep with Leyli, and Rostam slept with me.
When I was reading, Rostam kept climbing up my arm and down, up
my arm and down, again and again until he was tired. He coiled right
next to me on my pillow, and then he started to purr. I could not wait
to spend Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and all of the
holidays with them. I could not wait to play, cuddle, and be lazy with
them. I just could not wait to be with them all day, every day. Every
day when I came home from school, they would run to greet me in
the kitchen. I could not wait to spend every day with my furry friends.

                                     The End