Rest In Peace........my sweet pet

Farewell …………….. my beautiful pet

I was to leave on a wonderful holiday

And much was to be done without delay

And when I saw my cat as he listlessly lay

I knew I couldn't go but had to stay.

He was getting weaker though hard he fought

I couldn't bear the pains of the needles he got

I so desperately wanted him to breathe and live

If I hurt him in this way, I want him to forgive.

For nine years I chased him before I left for school

And playfully teased him with a ball of wool

He readily strike out with his paws full of claws

And clutch at the thread as if it were the last straw.

But now he didn't have the energy to walk

Nor did he mew when I would talk

He'd just look at me with soulful eyes

Was he silently saying farewell and goodbye?

I remembered the time when he jumped on my back

I yelped when I felt him clawing my back

For this how often I nearly gave him a whack

And threaten to beat him blue and black?

He could barely lift himself or stir

He had lost most of his splendid fur.

He gave up eating and stopped saying meow

Please don't go …..please stay somehow

I felt him urging me to be a little kind

And I was slowly losing my mind

I wanted him with me for keeps

So how could I ever put him to sleep?

Thomasina was the cat I had read about

Paul Galico had written all what he thought

We had some wonderful times…..he and me

My Chesh was so beautiful, indeed was he.

I shall never forget that awful mournful day

When God took my Puss in Boots away.

The tears trickled down and flowed away

But the sorrow in my heart would always stay.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.