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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Pony the Cat
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:10:14 -0700
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Lawrence Zeitlin OFFERED:
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Pony the Cat

Larry one comment!

You both are class act parents! Wonderful moment in a daughter's life never 
to be forgotten.

cheers,
ted


> When she was 7 my daughter, Karen, desperately wanted a pony. Our local 
> town
> ordnances prohibited housing any domestic livestock on a property not
> officially designated a farm. After a little discussion my wife and I
> induced one of my colleagues to invite us to the annual horse and pony 
> show
> at Cornell. When we got there he handed my daughter a little tabby kitten
> with a big red ribbon attached to its collar and told her it was a prize
> winning baby pony. To prove it, he asked her to read the ribbon. My 
> daughter
> took the kitten, hugged it, and cherished it for the 20 years of its long
> life. I don't think she was fooled for a minute.
>
> My wife painted a quick portrait of Pony the Cat in her usual pose for my
> daughter to put in her room.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Pony+the+cat.JPG.html
>
> Larry Z
>
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