March 7, 2007, 5:56 pm : Bad news

This morning when i got up to give Scratch her antibiotic she wasn’t moving, i stroked her back to see if she would wake up, she didn’t move and was icy cold to the touch. I went to tell my sister Scratch was dead, we told our parents and found a box for her. I lifted her from her house, she seemed so much heavier than normal, i could see under her tail was bloody. I put her down and despite it being very slow, she startled both me and my sister but lifting her head and opening her eyes. We went straight to the vets, i knew there was little hope, i knew what he would say and i agreed to it. I didn’t want her to suffer any more and i definatly didn’t want to make the mistake i had when i got her up and burry her alive. I signed the form and he euthanised her while i waited outside. Once we got her home we went down to the bottom of the garden and dug a hole infront of the bamboo bush, next to where her big brothers, Dollar the rabbit and Streaky Bacon the hamster, are burried. I placed the box in the grave and covered her with some stones, my sister refilled the hole and put another stone on top.

Rest In Peace Pork Scratchings.

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