bella ye

bella ye pusher-awayer ye clawed beastie ye lover of personal space:

little girl let me (1) pick her up, (2) drape her over my shoulder, (3) enfold her in my arms and scratch the base of her tail. she (1) lay still, (2) squeezed her eyes shut, (3) purrrrrrd;

i must be doing something right! maybe by this time next year she'll let me play with her toes without yanking them away or roly-polying over my wrist, claws&teeth at the ready.