A Cat Named Tigger

by Emily
(Youngstown, Ohio)

A few years ago we had a cat named Tigger. For some reason Tigger thought that he could feed off my mom. He would knead her chest and purr, sometimes sucking at her skin. He'd do this at all times of the day, day or night. When he was younger he'd crawl into her bra and sleep, but then he got to big to do so.

He grew up to be a real big boy. He was 20lbs of all cat-no fat! He was as smart as he was big in size. Tigger also taught himself how to turn door knobs, that weren't locked, to go outside. He'd jump up, cup the knob between his paws, and turn it all by himself! He would sit and watch us do stuff with such intensity that you knew he was trying to learn how to do the same things you did. He thought he could do anything if he could just figure out what the trick was. I know there are smart cats out there but tigger was the smartest we had ever seen live and in person.