Buttercup Monologue

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Six years ago, My Mom, Dad, Sister and I started fostering a kitten named Buttercup, then named her Stella after we adopted her. Buttercup was her old name, along with her sister Butterscotch and brother Butterball. My family and I loved Stella. Stella is my version of a living treasure, even with her flaws I wouldn’t change anything about her. She's sweet, loving, and gives me someone to talk to who doesn’t criticize. She was my world, and still is. Stella has pure vanilla white hair, chocolatey-brown spots, and yellow eyes like sunflowers. Now she is six years old and I hope she stays with me for a long time. I’ll tell this story starting at the beginning at my house in Atlanta, Georgia, the place where I grew up. Six years ago, when I was seven, my family fostered kittens. I lived in Georgia for …show more content…

I would stay up, for hours until midnight or longer, sitting in my bed thinking and doing nothing. after I begged my mom and dad one million times to let Stella sleep in my room, they finally said yes. Once Stella started sleeping my room my sleep trauma went away. I don't know, maybe it was Stella's soft fur, or her soft purring that was like the waves at the beach or like white noise, but something about her just soothed me and I could sleep again. I guess you could say she saved me, she's like my unsung hero. After about a year of having Stella and living in Georgia we packed our bags and moved to Florida. We tried everything to get Stella in her crate but she was stubborn and smart and would not go in no matter what. The last time we put her in a crate was when we went to the vet's office and she did not like that; her nose got a blister that looked like she got sunburned because she would rub her nose on the metal door. She never went into the crate again after that. So, I put a handful of treats at the back of the carrier and left it in the kitchen. Finally after a little less than an hour Stella went in the

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