Six Dinner Sid

Roo’s Grandmother sent him a new book titled Six-Dinner Sid. It’s about a black cat that has six homes and therefore, six dinners each night. Since we’ve been home from the hospital, in my attempts to get Roo to take it easy, I entice him with reading books. Both of us are enjoying the book about Sid. Sid is the standard short hair domestic black cat, and strongly resembles our family pet, Lucy. Lucy and her calico side kick Maggie did not move to Japan. Instead, they are residing in foster care in a group home in Northern Minnesota. The illustrator for Six-Dinner Sid has vividly captured typical moments that any cat owner would recognize. The scowl when something annoying is held to his nose for a sniff, the position assumed when coughing or spitting up a hair ball, and the one that makes Roo laugh, the two gold eyes peeking over the edge of the box where he’s huddled. We look through the book and talk about which cat of ours acted similarly. I’m relieved to learn Roo somewhat remembers his feline family, at least their names. Oh, and he remembers enough to ask “why doesn’t Maggie let me pet her?”.

LUCY

MAGGIE