Just two things I'd really like you to think about: 1) Good things come in small packages. I am a small package; 2) Still waters run deep. I am still, and my soul runs deep. Just a tiny tabby lady with a cinnamon nose - and a purr that's a lot louder than you might expect from such a little package. True, I'm still very young - not even a year old - but I don't expect to be much bigger than I am now. Small is good. Small is beautiful - didn't someone write a book about that?

I know - I seem a bit shy. I guess I am. It's not that I'm scared of good people. In fact, if you pick me up, I am likely to cuddle right into your shoulder and go to sleep. I seem shy only because I want to be sure that I am safe. It seems I spent a lot of my small life not feeling very safe. Bigger cats. Dogs. Mean people. Unidentified noisy objects. From too many directions - scary things. So, may I cuddle into your shoulder? Into your elbow? Into your side? Feel all snuggled and safe. I do. Hear me purr. Hard to believe that this tiny tabby rumbles like this. But she does.

I am Venus because I shine like a bright planet in the night sky. Sometimes, I even twinkle. I am Venus because, deep down in the essence of my self, I am nothing more than a small goddess of love. Unlike Venus de Milo, I have all my arms and legs, and I want to use them to hold on to you, my people. Like a goddess, I know much more than I say. Most of the time, I don't say much - but that does not mean that I don't know. I do. And I will share what I know with my people.

Here I wait: quietly meditating inside my cozy cardboard box, just my size - small. I am knowing. I am thinking. I am waiting. Waiting for you to find my small tabby girl package, fall in love - because a goddess can make that happen, and take me home to cuddle and snuggle for a long, long time. A big dream from a small, still almost kitten, almost cat. Bring $100. Take me home. Save on cat food. Small packages don't eat much. Ecologically sound - small carbon footprint. Four small cat feet. Mine.

PS: I currently reside at THE SHELTER (not in foster care). If you can't stop in but would like to know more about me, please call 651-642-5900, ext.3. Thanks!

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