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CHRISTMAS CALLIE
 Christmas
is coming. Ginny and I turn on the Hallmark channel and watch
Christmas movies. It's the time of year to open our hearts and feel the love and
life around us. We both have soft hearts and love a good cry.
We paused the movie, as I yelled, "No, Callie! Get away from the tree!"
She was just a tiny ball of gray and beige fur living in the grass and brush
behind our apartment. I recued her a few months before Christmas. Ginny named
her Callie, because she is a calico.
A week after I rescued her, Ginny looked at me, "Mike, the Christmas tree!"
"Huh?" I looked at Gin. "What about it?"
"Mike, what about your tree? Callie will get in it."
I thought about my precious ornaments. Many came from my childhood. Some were
gifts from a dear friend and expensive. "You're right, Gin. I never thought
about that. I'm sure it will be OK."
I was wrong!
Ginny and I took a trip to the storage shed, piled the boxes of ornaments and
the tree into her daughter's van and brought them home.
As I put the tree together, Callie climbed the branches. Each layer I added, she
climbed higher. "Callie, no!" I yelled - my new mantra. I grew impatient and
locked her in the bathroom until I was done.
I spent the evening trying to keep her from the tree. She hid behind my shoes
and waited for me to look away. As soon as I turned my head, she ran to the
tree, pawed at the lower branches and sprinted away before I could get to her.
We found a water bottle. It could squirt water a good ten feet. It became my
weapon of choice to use on the little tree hugger. I'd notice ornaments swaying
and know our grey Christmas destroyer was in the tree again. I peered through
the branches and saw her looking back at me with a guilty look that said, "I
can't help myself, daddy. It's even
prettier on the inside looking out." A few squirts of water from my trusty
bottle made her climb out and slink away to lick her wet
fur.
 We
can't leave her alone in the room where our tree is displayed. Ginny made that
mistake once. She went shopping with her daughter one day. When she got in the
car, she remembered, but knew she'd only be out for a little over an hour, "How
much damage can she do in that little bit of time?" She reasoned.
When she got home, all the balls on the lower branches were missing. Callie
knocked them all off and played with them. Ginny found them in the kitchen and
down the hall.
Callie is a handful, but we love her, tree climbing and all. She cried in the
brush. We saved her. It's her first Christmas. She's making the best of it.
Michael T. Smith
Michael lives and works in Idaho and
shares his stories with those who enjoy a sensitive read. You can see a video of
Callie, the kitten, just a few hours after being rescued here:
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