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originally posted 27 july 97 ---------------------------------------------------------- stubby and the two bears ---------------------------------------------------------- during stubby's crazy kitten period my visiting sixteen year old niece came down with the flu although stubs was nursing niecie jillian as well as he could auntie janet thought her christmas teddy bear might be welcomed too in my best compassionate and sensitive bed-side manner i dug mama bear out of the linen closet took her to the bedroom door and tossed her to jillian calling out "catch!" poor lil stubs had a panic attack witnessing this flying horror and wouldn't go near mama for weeks even though she sat quietly on my bed [having been promoted from the linen closet as part of a double blind study in cat behaviour] the following christmas mama bear adopted a baby bear who was incorporated into the behavioural study ensconced in mama bear's lap as stubby matured he overcame his bear-anoia i often came home to find baby bear on his head on the bed and mama bear on the floor in a corner of the room so we all know who's the boss now don't we? ---------------------------------------------------------- a new voice: http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm 51/10 - almonte/ontario/canada - [log in to unmask] janet paterson