Humbug

by Shannon
(Chicago)

Humbug was born (with two siblings) on my favorite dress the day I started my sophomore year of high school. The other two kittens (one solid gray, the other black and white) were much more attractive than Humbug, but he had a bad-boyfriend personality that amused me. He ignored me except when he wanted affection or food, always seemed slightly bored and ran around outside. He also seemed supremely assured that he always looked marvelous. These qualities were probably not immediately evident at his birth, so perhaps my naming him "Humbug" caused these less-than-desirable traits to occur. Despite his personality defects (or because of them) I loved him. He was the only one I kept from the litter (although that may have been because the other kittens were easier to give away.) Humbug's running around caused his early demise, and because of that none of my other cats is allowed outside.