Checkers

To: Canadian girl

From: The Night Owls

Dedicated to: ♥♥ Checkers♥♥

Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in
all the world is more grateful for kindness than the
loving heart of me~~

Do not break my spirit, teach me slowly as I learn
from you. Your patience and understanding will
quickly teach me the things you would have me learn~~

Speak to me often, for your voice is the world's
sweetest music, as you must know by the wagging
of my tail and my gentle purring when you are near.
The sound of your footstep falls upon my waiting ear~~

Please take me inside when it is cold and wet, for
I am a domesticated animal, no longer accustomed
to bitter elements. I ask no greater glory than the
privilege of sitting on your lap~~

Keep my bowl filled with milk, for I cannot tell
you when thirst comes~~

Feed me clean food that I may stay well, so I can
play and jump and in quiet times slide between
your legs and purr, and most of all sleep beside
you as you rest~~

And, my friend, when I am very old and I can
longer enjoy good health, hearing and sight, do not
make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am not having
any fun. Please see to it that my life is taken gently.

With you my by side I shall leave this earth knowing
with my last breath I draw that my fate was always
safest in your hands~~

Let the angels come, as it is my time, and my dearest
friend, my memory will always be in your heart~~

♥♥♥♥