I have had Elfie for two and a half months. She is a 31/2 lb 7 month old kitty rescued from the wilds of downtown LA and she has severely deformed rear legs. Elfie has not a mean bone in her body, but Sally and Buddy have been slow to warm up to her. Sally is just mean and Buddy is afraid. Tonight Sally was in my lap and Elfie in her own sweet innocent way climbed on board. She just isn't affected by Sally's hisses, spits and growls. So there I was, with a potential bomb in my lap. Elfie started her instant purr, and then started licking Sally's ear. Nothing happened. Sally looked up at me with a "what does she think she is doing?" look on her face, but she stayed and after a couple of minutes actually started licking Elfie's leg!!! They were there together for probably about 15 minutes, before Elfie got down and then so did Sally. They were both actually purring at the same time in my lap. Now, that is wonderful enough, without the rest of the evening. A little while ago, Buddy was going to get onto the computer cpu, a place where he likes to hang out. But I started petting him, so he decided to stop off on my lap. And Elfie noticed from across the room. So she worked her way around to the back of my chair, which involves a jump of about one and a half feet, a hard jump for her, and a climb to the back of the chair, then into my lap. Buddy would have bolted if she used the climb up my leg method she ordinarily uses to get into my lap because it would have been right in his face, but the over my shoulder appoach didn't seem to scare him. She settled down next to him. He obviously knew she was there, she was purring, but he didn't look. He stopped purring but he stayed there. So brave little Elfie decided to wash his ear, too. And he stayed right there! There were there for maybe five minutes until Buddy just couldn't take it any more and he had to get down. But that sweet Elfie is changing the confirmed grouches around here. How could anyone have ever given her up? Maybe she isn't perfect, but she is about the sweetest thing I have ever seen. Well, I guess I wouldn't have gotten her if someone hadn't abandoned her, so their loss is my gain.
Becky
Becky