I've just seen this on the CatChat forum (it's the first time I've ever looked at it - so apologies if the rest of you are on it all the time and so know this by heart ....). Anyway it was so good I thought I'd share it for anyone who hasn't seen it:
I blame you....
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This has made the round on German fora/FB since last year. I looked for a translation, couldn't find one, so translated it myself. The original is titled "Ich klage an...", which literally translated means "I accuse you" but I personally felt "I blame you" was a more fitting translation. Anyhow, just wanted to share.
I blame you
... because I was run over by a car when I was just one year old ? you see, I wasn?t neutered ? my territory got bigger and bigger as my hormones drove me to find a mate ? and when I eventually smelt the sweet scent of a girl in call I couldn?t care less about the things that I had learnt ? I was beyond reason as I followed her scent and paid no heed to the cars?
?because I gave birth when I was only 9 months old ? my kittens were big and there were so many ? I suffered horrible, endless pain giving birth to them ? and I died a painful death when one of them got stuck ? the kittens I had already given birth to died too ? because I couldn?t care for them any more?
?because I am kitten from an accidental litter ? my owners didn?t care about my mother ? so she was mounted by her brother ? and I came into this world ? but something was wrong with me ? I had terrible pains ? and my whole back was open ? the few hours that I lived were terrible ? death was a blessing?
?because I have been in a pen in a rescue since I was a few months old - no one wants me ? just because I am a black cat ? and I am shy ? I always hide when people come ? I am so scared of them ? I once had a home ? but one day they let me out ? and never opened that door again ? no matter how loudly I howled ? it made me so sad and angry ? that I decided to never trust humans again ? but I am so very unhappy here in this pen?
?because I am suddenly not loved any more ? because I am old ? and I am no longer as cute as a small and playful kitten ? I want peace ? and cuddles ? I am not as healthy as I used to be ? I need tablets that I don?t like taking ? and all of this was too much work ? and too expensive ? so I was just handed over to a rescue...
?because my siblings and I were abandoned in a locked box by the side of a motorway one cold night ? it was so bitterly cold ? and we were hungry ? we cuddled up closely together ? so that we weren?t as cold ? and then it wasn?t that bad anymore ? we simply fell asleep ? and didn?t wake up?
? we blame you ? because we have to suffer because humans can be thoughtless ? because, due to human carelessness, we burn our paws on unattended candles or oven hobs ? because we fall from unsecured balconies and windows ? because we die in tilted windows ? and because of ignorance and indifference we die spiritually...
? we blame you - because humans can be such monsters ? who can inflict such pain and suffering ? who can beat us and do unspeakable things ? for fun ? out of boredom ? out of immense stupidity...
? we say thank you ? to all of those who have made us win back our trust in people ? who for weeks, months and even years on end try to win our affection ? who cry tears of joy when they can stroke our head for the first time ? who invest their love, compassion, time and money into our care ? who take us off the street ? who look after us and who give us food and warmth ? who rescue the smallest of us and feed us up ? who sacrifice their sleep every three hours to feed kittens that are only a few days old - who have sleepless nights because we aren?t well - and who don?t tire to tell others just how important it is to get us neutered.
Please don?t ever tire ? we thank you with our love ? and we hope that one day even stupid and ignorant people will be wiser?
By H. Schepers
Ich klage an ... - Katzen Forum
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thecatneuterer · 11/04/2013 23:36
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