Sunday, June 23, 2019

Put Me to Sleep

Stories to put me to sleep.

There was a cat named Banna that was so fuzzy and had a sleepy eye. Her eye looked like something was wrong with it but it was fine, it was just more sleepy than the other eye.  Banna lived and slept in a garage with her litter mates and mother and father.  She was about eight weeks old.  When people would come by the house to pick out a kitten to take home, Banna would wear the sleepy face.  Did she do this intentionally?  This is a mystery, we just know that it was kind of cute that she had a lazy right eye lid.  Plus, she was so fuzzy.  As if she just climbed out of the dryer without using static cling dryer sheets.  Did I fail to mention she was a black and white specimen.  Most of her litter mates were black and white as well, but she was the only one that was fuzzy, you see. 

Friendliness and enthusiasm were not some of Banna's traits.  Often times people would pick her up and she would try to get away.  She just wanted to sleep the day away.  So that is what she did, she slept.  If she wasn't sleepy, her eyes were very heavy.  Looking at her would also cause you to feel drowsy.  She had that look like she as driving down a long quite and boring highway in the rain.  The soft and peaceful, glad you are inside, warm and dry sense you have when it is raining while you are driving. 

Banna had a lot of dreams in her sleep.  She would dream of pebbles, piles and piles of pebbles. A mountain of orange and tan pebbles.  They feel so smooth and cool on your toes.  The pebbles are damp like it rained recently.  Beaches, Banna dreamed of walking slowly on the beach to find a place in the sand to fall asleep.  The gentle low crash of the waves coming in and going back out to sea was enough to blissfully put you to sleep.  The warm sand and sun make your eyes heavy as you lean your head back.

Shelby