Fraidy - True Stories from a Sassy Cat (ePub)

Fraidy, True Stories from a Sassy Cat is the story of a yellow Tabby cat that came up the hard way, thrown out at an early age and forced to fend for herself on a busy city street in Charlotte, NC. Bedding down in tall grass beside a big garage during daylight hours, she came out at night to catch crickets, frogs, moths, and such for her daily rations. Such table fare proved barely enough for survival and she soon became emaciated and rail thin.

A kind and gentle woman near the big garage caught a fleeting glimpse of her at dusk one day and called to her. It was to no avail. The gaunt cat quickly dashed out of sight behind a corner of the garage. She was fearful of any human contact, vividly remembering her earlier abuse. The kind woman, being an animal lover, and having a soft spot in her heart for abandoned cats in particular, began a mission to befriend and help the fearful and emaciated cat. The telling of this rescue story and the later human/cat love story that evolved is the tale told in this book.

The fearful, skinny yellow cat was to become healthy, confident, and downright sassy at times! Sometimes good things happen in life. Fraidycat, AKA Fraidy for short, developed a close communication bond with the kind woman who rescued her, and also with the woman's husband who became her male peep and so earned the right to tell Fraidy's story in her voice and from her perspective.

The stories span a fifteen-year time period. The story is unlike most cat stories, being told in the voice of Fraidy and from her viewpoint. "Even if you don't like my stories, you can still make good use of the included blank Multi-Cat Diary," Fraidy explains (paperback version only). It offers cat owners an easy-to-use diary to record their pet's birth and health records, special moments, and other milestones. "Like when I do my 'Flipsey-Doodle' move to amuse and delight my beloved peeps, who I nicknamed "Bossman" and "Bosslady" during one of my extra sassy moments," Fraidy says. Buyers of the e-book version are provided a "go by" model so they can create their own cat diary with any word processor.