She’s not a bad girl, not really.
True, she’s defiant. Unruly.
Aren’t they all at that age?
Pushing the corners of
their little envelopes simply because
girls just want to have fun.
No, she’s not a bad girl.
Mischievous, naughty, uncontrollable.
But look at that adorable face.
How can anyone stay mad?
She’s not a bad girl.
Unrepentant and willful
but for heaven’s sake;
It was only a plant!
NAR © 2023
The Elephant's Trunk 
Plants are replaceable but members of the family are not!
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A purr-fect summation, Michele
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😁😁
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So sweet! Kittens and puppies get away with so much because they are intolerably cute.
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So very true!
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Hahaha, a clever writing, Nancy! You continue to amaze me.
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That is a compliment I will not soon forget. Thank you so much, KK!
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Yes, Nancy, it is. You deserve it.
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I bet that sweet little face is hiding a sinister tendency within.
I’ve met cats that hide until a dog lover (or person allergic to them) enters a room full of people. Then the cat mysteriously appears, ignores all the other cat lovers in the room, and climbs onto the person’s lap who has the least affinity for them. I presume that cat is snickering inside, “Hmph… I’ll show you, I’m gonna sit here regardless of whether you like it!”
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Haha!! Cat’s are like that … clever little troublemakers! They do whatever they want in some of the most inconvenient places!
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Cute face and clever writing! 😺 Making me miss my daughter’s two cats. I miss her too. 😁
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Thanks, Michele! Haha! Priorities, right? You know what that means, don’t you? You have to adopt a couple of kitties of your own! 😹
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You are welcome, Nancy. Thank you! haha Yes, I love my daughter to the moon and back, but she hasn’t mastered the sweet purr. 😁
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I read this to my husband. Made us both laugh as our bad girls are only trumped by their rotten brother. Just ask the dog.
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Haha!! Glad I gave you both a laugh. Woof!!
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🐶
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I wonder who?
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Lola. 😸
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It’s been known!
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I don’t doubt it!
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She destroyed a $100 keyboard once. Jumped off, hit the wire and pulled it onto the floor. Let’s say now she only has 8 lives.
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Hmm, a most familiar scene! If not dumped, then all the soil scratched out of the pot.
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I see you are familiar with the ways of the Krazy Katz! 😹
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Some of my favorite pals!
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Not a bad girl but a handful! ❣️
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Indeed they are but we love those furballs! 😻
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It’s so hard to stay mad at those little faces.
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Isn’t it, though? Our cat loves my mister (prob because he feeds her) and she hates me. I love cats but Lucy is trying my Sicilian patience! 🤟🏽 😸 🤌🏽
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Cats are much fussier than dogs. I don’t mean to laugh, but…
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It’s the truth, Staci! My sons and their in-laws all have dogs … even a sloppy, lovable St. Bernard the size of a small cow with the improbable name of “Lady”. 🤣
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Wait until she grows up 🙄
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Don’t I know it! 😼
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Very sweet.
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Thank you, Misky. ☺️
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That would fly in front of any jury and the cat would be acquitted…well done, Nancy!
(any resemblance to ongoing events is in the reader”s mind lol)
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Thank you, Nick! She is truly adorable but, alas, my cat Lucy is literally and figuratively a bitch! 😾
But hey! I did my first successful pingback so there’s that! (Thanks to the anonymous elves who helped me over that hurdle!) 😉
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Being a dog/wolf person, I think Lucy will keep her distance🙂
Although, for some strange reason friends’ cats come to my lap…go figure!
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Aww, adorable 🥰
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Thank you, Sadje! I’m a cat lover 😻
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You’re welcome 😻
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