Perfect Pet

Yesterday, as soon as little Miss Haana woke up, she came running up to me and said- Mumma, I had a great idea!!! When I'm 5 years old, I'll get a real pet! 

"Hmm", I said, "You already have a pet. The doggy dog and red riding hood...", referring to her stuffed toys. 

She said no, a real one! That's alive!!

"You mean a perfect pet?", this time referring to a recent book we had read where a little girl in the book wanted a pet, but every time she had a suggestion for the pet, the parents thought that was not a perfect pet (it sheds, scratches, too scary, too big etc). Then the girl settles for a bug. 

Gugu said, "Yess! A perfect pet!". 

"You mean like a bug?"

"No, bugs are scary. We will get a cat. And papa said yes."

"But Papa is not Mumma. And mumma has not said yes."

"But it will be the perfect cat!!"

"Hmm.. What kind of cat is it gonna be? A real one? What color is it gonna be?"

"Yes, a reaaal cat! It will have rainbow colors!!! You know some cats have black and white like a zebra? But they're not zebras. They are mostly black with a little bit of white!"

By this time I thought I need a visual.

I said Gugu, you need to draw what your cat will look like. Why don't you draw me one. 

So, out came paper, pencils, color pencils and later, sparkles!! Little girl made what her perfect rainbow sparkles cat would look like.

See pictures below:

Notice it has 5 legs and initially had no tail. Then, when asked about the whereabouts of the tail, a tail appeared. First it had a tail like a horse. Then I showed her pictures of real cats and the tail was touched up a bit.

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We are still on the look out for 5 legged cats for Miss Haana's pet. If you know of any, call us. On second thoughts, don't call. I'll call you!!!

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