Marmalade the Cat (Entry from Jo and Rob)

This is an entry from my mate Rob and his missus Jo... its a sad story...

Marmalade was one of a litter born in sunny Wigan last November. We bought him and his brother Mylo on Christmas day, first of all we only went for the one kitten but ended up with the two of them both brothers and both ginger Toms. We only started to let them out after 5 months and they had the run of the garden and the house but Marmalade liked to do more and chance his luck ie. run and attack bigger cats and dogs but come off worse and jump off roofs that were mega high. I think he used his nine lives in one day to be honest!

On the night of the 18th of June Jo went looking for Mylo and Marmalade who liked to show off out the front to passers by. If you didnt acknowledge them they would keep running down the street in front of you until you did!!! That night Mylo come straight in but Marmalade did a runner after a bigger cat! So we left him to it and went to bed because he would always come in an hour later or if it rained straight away. That night he didnt return and in the morning we had a phone call off the daft as a brush lollipop lady. She said she had a collar and Jo said does it say Mylo because we lost his collar four days before and the silly old boot said yes Mylo. We thought nothing of it and said we would get it later! An hour later we both went outside and called Flo the lollipop lady over, she didnt even know it was Jo who she phoned before about the collar even though Jo explained who we were and where we lived. Also she knows everyone and everything because she is head of the clan neigbourhood watch another name for nosey old cow.

Jo was handed the collar and read the name which said Marmalade!!! Flo then said he is dead run over last night. We are very lucky that a kind man six houses down picked him off the road and kept him in his shed where i picked him up on Monday night. I have now buried him in the garden and placed a 30 stone rock on top of the soil as a reminder to him.

Rob & Jo.