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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2010-04-09 07:51 pm

Excellent Scrap the Kitten news!

For those who were reading more evocative material that day, the other week, I found a kitten! He (as it turned out) was very small and adorable, and went straight to the vet for care (and so I wouldn't add to the cat collection at The House of Brammers). Here he is, over at our nice local vet surgery.



I called the kitten Scrap, and worried terribly about it, but the people at the vet assured me that it had gone to a very good home (after I stalked them by phone and visits for several days).

Tonight, we were over at the vets' picking up worming tablets for our two cats. B, our fave vet nurse, was back. For anyone who remembers the tragic tale of losing Minnie the cat, B was the vet nurse that came to our place and made Min's end as good as it could be. She was the one who coined the phrase 'Bright within herself' for Monster, our rather thick cat, and is one of the few strangers liked by the Cookie Cat. All in all, she is a fabulous vet nurse and friend to animals everywhere. We hadn't seen each other in about 20 months as she had left to have a baby.

After a brief chat about what we'd all been up to, I said 'You know, I found a kitten the other week and brought it here.'

'What did it look like?' she asked.

'Very little, and thin. White and with silver and red-brown tabby patches on its head and back.'

'And fluffy? And with a bit of a bite on his tail?' she asked.

'Yeah!'

She laughed in amazement. 'I took him home! That's so funny! I was wondering who brought him in, because he's such a special little cat and it's so good that he was rescued, how strange that it was you! He lives in my bedroom and he's in the cage at night because otherwise he's just leaping all over me, the naughty little scrap.'

'Scrap?' said Mr Brammers and I together.

'Yeah,' said B, embarrassed. 'That's what I call him. I know he needs a proper name ...'

'That's what we called him, too!' we said.

'Now that's just spooky.'

I shall sleep very well tonight knowing that Scrap has gone to a truly spectacular home. A very happy ending indeed!

[identity profile] vaysh11.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 10:00 am (UTC)(link)
Now ... that story left me with tears in my eyes. ♥ ♥ ♥ Scrap. And Brammers. And vet nurse B.

[identity profile] banbury.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
Spooky indeed :-)
I'm not a cat-person, but I like to read cat stories, we have a cat named Klaus, who lives with us now, we wage an endless war with or without reasons, but he's still funny and entertaining :-)

[identity profile] penguin474.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, Scrap. What a lovely story!

[identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
Awwwww! Scrap is absolutely ADORABLE, and thank you for the wonderful heartwarming story. *snuggles you*

[identity profile] curia-regis.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, that's an adorable story!

[identity profile] adores-draco.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad the tiny furball found a good home. :)

In a cage? Seriously? I didn't know you can - or actually are even allowed - to do that. But if a lovely vet nurse does it so will I. I'm SO going to lock my two cats in cages during the night time! They run around 3 AM or 4 AM and make a LOT of noise. They used to chase each other over me (to the bed, to the floor, to the bed etc.) until I learned to keep the bedroom door closed. :)

[identity profile] quill-lumos.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Awww so sweet! Lucky Scrap.

*hugs*

Lucie x

[identity profile] lyras.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, yay! Very much an "all's right with the world" moment.

[identity profile] pinque.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Nwwwwwwwwwwwww.... happy kitty stories make the best last reads at night :)

[identity profile] scabbyfish.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww, what a happy story - I'm so glad he found a good home =B I can't have a kitty myself (allergies *sob*) so I need kitty stories like this to get my fix ;3

[identity profile] brissygirl.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww thats a cute story! I dont think there is anything wrong with calling him scrap, you should hear half the names our cars have had over the years.

[identity profile] lotus-lizzy.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww yay!! :) *cuddles you and Scrap*

[identity profile] catsintheattic.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
How wonderful. And how magical, too, that you both named him the same. &hearts

What a nice story to start into the weekend. :-) And a very beautiful kitty, too.

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You're a super hero, BB! What a sweet story ♥
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[personal profile] who_la_hoop 2010-04-09 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Eee, what a lovely story! And I'm so glad that it wasn't about scrapping kittens, as the title suggested at first glance :DDDD

[identity profile] ladyjaneva.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
THat is such a spectular good ending of the story! Wow, the little thing really got lucky with you and then the nurse!

Gives me the warm fuzzy feelings :-)

[identity profile] chantefable.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Scrap!

Is this post fiction or non-fiction? *happy sniffling and smiling*

This story so made my day, I almost believe it's B's patented anti-stress solution. Such happy-making stories can be addictive. That kitten needs his own reality show.

[identity profile] enchanted-jae.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
It was fate!

[identity profile] tomatoe18.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
BB! Thanks for posting this! My sister had been in tears when I told her about the kitten you rescued... she kept nagging me to ask you what happened next to the kitten. So, I relayed this post to her and she's jumping in joy. :D And we both love the name, Scrap. But wow. It's eerie how you and the vet nurse have given him the same name! Eerie, but wonderful. I'm happy now. :)
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[identity profile] thisgirl-is.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yay for Scrap! So glad to know he's gone to a good home. :o)

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who felt moved to name a cat 'Monster'. Although mine officially retains the name she came with as her Doorstep Name.