Lue
by Madi
One day Robart went to the pet shop and he bought a dog. He didn’t know what to
name it. They went home and Robart looked up on the internet "NAMES FOR A DOG." There
were a few interesting names like "lazerbeem,or bubbles," but he just picked a simple
name "lue." Robart went to the store and left Lue home. He went to Petco and bought a
bed, food and toys for him. When Robart came home Lue was asleep. When Lue woke up she
was excited to see him, Robart fed Lue. After that they went to sleep in their
beds. After 30 years later Robart was 79 about to turn 80 in 3 days.
It was amazing how
long Lue was living and Robart, Robart was still capable to do alot of things and one
thing was to drive, so one day Robart took Lue with him to his 70 year old cousins
birthday... when they got almost out of there long steep cliff driveway they went
off the cliff and got in a bad wreck...they had both survived but both of
them were rushed to the hospital, Robart had minor injuries but they had to replace
Lues legs with metal sticks with wheels on the end so when she rolled around they
made this very annoying squeaky sound like "SQEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAKKKKKEEE
WWWAAAAAAHHAAA!!!" But Robart didn’t mind - he loved Lue.
After the surgery on Lue it had
been 8 months and Lue had past away of a brain tumor...every night when Robart went
to sleep... without Lue being in the house he would hear the squeaking of Lues metal
wheel legs rolling around everywhere and her soft gentle bark and when he would wake
up for a small late night snack he could feel Lue right against his leg as if she
still existed.
A couple days later Robart decided he was a little lonely with Lue
not being there so in the afternoon on a sunny Saturday, he went to the same pet store
were he got Lue except there were different workers there because the other ones
either got fired, laid off, past away or quit, but anyways he got there and didn’t
know if he wanted to go through the death of a dog he loved again or if he should
just get a cat. Of course he didn’t want Lue to to feel replaced because Lue kind
of still was alive I guess... Robart decided to get a cat.
They were on the way home
when Robart stopped at a red light and saw the sign of a street called
"Charleston". Robart decided he would name the cat that. They got home. Robart forgot
about the cat food so he ran to the store and grabbed kitty chow a bed and some
kitten toys even now he was an old adult cat in cat years he would be at least 70
and in people years he would be I don’t know 10. When Robart got home he had a feeling
that Lue wasn’t very happy. He could just feel sorrow madness and love all mixed
together... Charleston was a sweet old yellow and brown mixed together cat and needed
a good home where he had space to wonder a little but mostly rest cause he was
old. Robart was not planning on giving the cat back to the store or to a family that
had kids that threw the poor old cat against the wall not knowing better.
Usually
when Robart came home from somewhere he would feel or hear Lue barking but this time
when Lue had realized there was another animal in her home he became mad at Robart
and he didn’t feel or hear anything. He began to call out Lue's name and snapping his
fingers for her soul to come here but nothing just the sound Charlston purring
against the leg of Robart's recliner or leg. Robart became sorry because he knew he
shouldn’t have got another animal and brought to the house he loved Lue more than
anything. She could never be replaced ever. He thought to himself, "maybe he should give
the cat to another family," but then another thought came up in his head, "OH LUE
ISN'T HERE ANYMORE. SHE ISN'T. COME ON ROBART STOP BEING CRAZY YOU FOOL YOU FOOL!" He
felt as if someone was living in the back of his head and was talking to him. He
decided maybe he should give him to another family.
That evening just before sundown
he made a sign saying "70 year old cat for sale old fat lazy needs calm non active
home," and hung it at the end of his driveway for people to see when they drove
by. He would have given it back to the pet store but they had a policy - no returning
the pets.
The next day he made appointments with 5 people for the cat to see if it
was a good home for him to go live in or not. The first interview was with 40 year
old Shar Clark and her 43 year old husband Berry Clark his neighbors and he put them
on the list of "HOMES FOR CHARLSTON." The next interview was with some people who
lived out of town in Sacramento which was about a couple hours away from were he had
lived. Their names were Marilyn, John, Rony, Caitlyn and Julia ages 30, 32, 12, 17 and 4.
They said they loved going to the lake and fun places like that. Robart scowled at
the family and yelled didn’t you read the sign lady "NON ACTIVE FAMILY." He said then he
said again with a louder voice "MAYBE NEXT TIME GRANDMAMA." THEY ALL RAN OFF TO THE
CAR.
The next couple with a kid seemed perfect, a 13 year old a 40 year old and a 25
year old a kid that understood not to throw or abuse the cat and the perfect adults
that were mostly always home. He said to them, “If you receive a call from me you get the
cat. The next day they received the call saying they get the cat. They were excited
they met at his house and off went the cat to its new home. It seemed happier to
have a kid in the family. When Robart walked inside he felt that Lue was happy and
glad the cat was gone and it was just Robart and Lue. Ever since that day, Robart
never really felt LUE AROUND ANYMORE. HE THOUGHT MAYBE SHE HAD GONE TO HEAVEN, but it
was weird because he felt she was around only on Fridays and Wednesdays. He thought
to himself hmmm maybe god gave her a schedule to come visit me!
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