IT ALL STARTED ON SEPTEMBER 22 2000.
I WAS OUT ON THE BACK PORCH WITH MY DAD WHEN WE
HEARD THIS NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A BIRD.
SO WE LOOK OUT BESIDE THE HOUSE TO FIND THAT IT WAS NOT A
BIRD BUT A VERY TINY WHITE AND ORANGE CAT BALLED UP
NEXT TO THE HOUSE AND WAS ALL ALONE.
SO I WENT OUT TO LOOK AT HIM AND WHEN I PICKED HIM UP
I FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIS EYE
HE COULD NOT OPEN IT UP.
SO AT FIRST I LEFT HIM OUT SIDE BECAUSE MY DAD COULD NOT BE
AROUND CATS BECAUSE HIS EYES WOULD SWELL CLOSED.
BUT AFTER 3DAYS OF GOING OUT SIDE EVERY 2HRS TO FEED HIM
FROM A BOTTLE IT WAS DECIDED THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO
COME LIVE ON THE BACK PORCH ON A CAGE WITH A BLANKET
THIS IS WERE THE BROWN BEAR COMES IN.
THE BEAR WAS 3 TIMES HIS SIZE AT THAT TIME BUT FROM
THE MINUTE HE LAID ON HIM THEY WERE FRIENDS FOR LIFE.
I GAVE HIM A NAME IT WAS JAKE AND FROM THAT DAY
ON WE WOULD BE TOGETHER FOR EVER.
HE MADE HIS WAY INTO THE HOUSE AFTER DECIDING THAT HE
WOULD GET BATHES EVERY WEEK SO HIS FUR WOULD
NOT BOTHER MY DAD.
HE GROW SLOWLY BUT EVEN THOUGH THE BEAR WAS STILL
ALOT BIGGER THEN HE WAS HE WOULD DRAG IT FROM THE BED ROOM
DOWN THE HALL AND INTO THE KITCHEN AND THEN HE WOULD
GO PUSH IT DOWN THE STAIRS INTO THE BASEMENT AND
PULL IT BACK UP THE STAIRS.
HE WAS SICK SINCE DAY ONE WHEN WE FOUND HIM.
HE WAS IN AND OUT OF THE VETS OFFICE FOR SOMETHING EVERY
MONTH AND IN APRIL OF 2002 HE BROKE HIS HIP AND
HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED.
THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE
HE WOULD BE BETTER.
BUT IN THE EARLY HOURS OF MAY 20TH 2002,
HE TOOK HIS LAST BREATH AT HOME WITH ME BY HIS SIDE
AND THAT SILLY OLD BROWN BEAR THAT HE LOVED SO MUCH.
HE IS NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAINBOW BRIDGE WHERE
HE IS HAVING A GOOD TIME AND IS NOT IN PAIN ANYMORE.
LOVE ,
JENNY RIOUX
| Jake |
| Jenny Rioux |