CHAPTER THREE

The New Braunfels Saga

 Before I moved to my new apartment in

New Braunfels,

I decided to research the person who would be my roommate.

As soon as I moved in, I noticed pictures of

other Cats on the wall.

One was a beautiful butterscotch-colored Male

and

one was a lovely black and white Female.

I soon learned that the Male was named Bubba and

the Female was named Emma.

I found that they had moved with Dede from her home in

Lake Jackson, Texas to South Pasadena, California.

She had moved there to live with her family --

my GodCat Deborah and her husband, Michael

and their two children, Simon and Sarah.

I learned that they were happy there, but Dede's Mommy

asked that they come back to Texas to care for her.

So Dede packed up John (more about him later),

Emma and Bubba and returned to Texas.

New Braunfels was hot and dry and  they missed

California.

After they had been there for awhile, Bubba,

the handsome Male Kitty, became ill.

He told Dede that he would have to leave her,

but not to worry as he was going to

The Rainbow Bridge

to wait for her.

Emma missed Bubba as only a Sister can miss her Brother.

Dede was very sad.

Soon after that, Emma joined Bubba at

The Rainbow Bridge

and Dede was desolate and said she would never again

have a Kitty.

That is when Deborah and Sarah came and said,

"Don't be stupid. Of course you'll get another Kitty."

And that is when the adventure at the Adoption Day began.

And here I am doing my best to save Dede from herself.

(Dede often speaks about Emma and how wonderful

she was.

Frankly, I am sick of hearing about her -- so much so

that I have begun calling her "the sainted Emma".

She can't have been that great and I always want to say,

"Oh, puleeeze, give me a large break!"

But I digress.)

Aside from the fact that we got to see all of the

San Antonio Spurs games

and watch lots of Texas football,

New Braunfels was pretty boring.

Of course there was the excitement of the snake in the house.

Dede had bought a new recliner

and

a snake got in the house and crawled up in the recliner,

I can only assume it meant to recline.

Dede was so freaked out that she sold the recliner

to the people next door.

I told her that she should have charged them extra for the snake!

I was glad she sold it because I hated the color anyway.

Then Dede's  Mommy got sick and I will tell you

about that in the next thrilling chapter.

(I realize you can hardly contain your excitement!)