Olive, the pet cat had olive green eyes. I was seven when I picked her from some roadside. I cannot recall the exact place. She looked starved. So I got her home. Named her olive which my friends said was funny for a cat. It sounds more like a name for a parrot. I loved olive though she littered here and there and my mum got angry. But we toilet trained her. But after somedays Maa said olive is not a she turned out to be a tomcat.<\/p>\n
Olive was my favourite pet<\/p>\n
Yes it was a tomcat.<\/p>\n
He put on so much weight<\/p>\n
But he died when I was ten<\/p>\n
And now I feel nostalgic<\/p>\n
Immortalising him with my pen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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