Gail loved animals, which is why she had so many pets. She had a cat and a dog, a canary and a cockatoo, a couple of ducks, a rabbit and a guinea pig and three mice. They would all run around together, except for the canary of course. The canary couldn’t run around but Gail often let it fly freely around the house provided the windows and doors were shut. And could it sing? My word! What a diva on a sunny day!
Then one day she couldn’t hear it singing. Had it perhaps escaped? Gail checked the windows and doors. Everything was closed, but it must have found an escape route somewhere. Gail opened the house up and left the canary’s cage door wide. Hopefully it would fly back.
It was quite a while after – Gail wasn’t exactly the best of housekeepers – when she was vacuuming under the dining room table that she noticed a few yellow tail feathers and a bird’s clawed foot.
By the end of the year the dog had got the ducks, and the cat had got the cockatoo, the rabbit, the guinea pig, and the three mice.
Gail still loved animals, and continued to pamper her cat and her dog. She replaced her deceased pets with a budgerigar and a cockatiel, a couple of chickens, a hamster and a rat and three gerbils.
These days Gail has a cat and a dog, and has taken up origami as an interest.
Weave a Web 
The tipping point is tucked in deep into the folds of the story somewhere.
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Cats and dogs have a habit of destroying other pets… in a moment of lapse… cat’s especially.
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They are genetically programmed to do so. Cats more so.
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Origami’s probably a good choice.
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Until the dog chews the origami of course…
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You just can’t give her a break, can you?
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Anyone who does origami shouldn’t get tied up in knots.
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A tale of animal hierarchy! We had three ferrets, five cats, three dogs, a lizard, an iguana, and quite few snakes. Luckily they all survived to old age.
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That’s a lot! Not having snakes in New Zealand I find the thought of having them as pets quite terrifying!!
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Our pet snake, Anna, was a lovely creature. She loved to cuddle and when we were without power for two weeks one winter, we put her in a pillow case and slept with her in the bed to keep her warm – the house was freezing.
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That’s a lovely story – but eek! I was saved by our cat. She was a kitten belonging to the neighbours and she would snuggle up in the freezing bed. She’s now 14.
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