Equal Opportunity
Our cat, Luffy, is a tactical and diplomatic guy. He walked into our life when he was 2-month old, at that time he had fleas all-over his tiny body, he suffered skin infection, and his left leg was not functioning well. So he was a fragile little thing.
A year has passed, Luffy is not only survived but also established himself within the Chan's kingdom, in addition, he was very successful in fighting for his welfare despite that the political situation was not very favorable for him at the very beginning. In fact that the President of the house was not quite a cat lover even the first lady and young prince tried hard to persuade the President to have some sympathy for little Luffy.
However, Luffy did great job in fighting for animal human equal opportunity. When there is a fish on the table, he will sit in front of the person who is currently eating the fish with his cutest expression; you will immediately feel guilty for not giving him the fish head. It is very obvious that he strongly believes that it's the part specially brought for him to enjoy.
Step by step, Luffy has been working on his right as a family member slowly but surely. First, the right to use the chair, now he is entitled in sitting on the chair next to us being a polite listener of our family dinner table discussion. Second, the right to enjoy friendship, in recent mornings after breakfast he will wait at the door and the first lady is obligated to open the door for him so he can meet his old friend, the cleaning lady for her to say good words about him. The third, the right to use the double bed and blankets, he uses every single opportunity to jump without hesitation on the bed and enjoy a good sleep in Don Don's new blanket filled with goose feather. It's not about the cold in the winter, it is for showing us that he can do what you do.
Luffy has expectations for life and tried whatever he can to improve his standard of living and made his life more colorful. He took risk of being punished every time when he tasted the new flavor of life. Good fishy food on table, newly changed bed sheets, and all Don Don's new toy. Luffy has great character which we, humans are lack of, 'not afraid of failure'. I admired Luffy's bravery, persistence and determination to live the life he wanted not the life he was offered.
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