He came here seventeen years ago, with another cat. He was just a kitten, but a very large one. He came right in the house like he owned it.
Which he quickly really did. Our constant companion for nearly two decades.
He was a fantastic mouser, and that probably caught up with him a couple of years ago when he became deathly ill. We think he ate some poisoned mice somewhere in the neighborhood. It seemed sure he'd die, but instead he lost about half of his weight. He carried on for another few years however, as friendly as ever, but skinny. Then a couple of months ago another neighborhood cat beat him up and he received an infection he couldn't beat.
We'll miss him.
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