Bret Hart used to grab a cat a night to keep him warm when he tucked in for the cold Calgary nights. Bubbles of Trailer Park Boys fame had a whole shed of cats to keep him warm.
French did the same thing. One day I saw French with a little red wagon collecting the yellow pages off of people's driveways. He'd bring them back to his garden shed. We'd toss them into the wood stove to keep warm. But we'd always run out of wood, or scrap lumber, and the phone books and yellow pages were only "available" once a year.
When he ran out he'd always snag one of his cats. He slept in the shed more often than not. Who wants to share a room with Sweaty? Plus his dad got drunk, played guitar and sang country western songs most nights.
Late one cold February night after the Valentine's Day Dance at school I knocked on the shed door. I went in and I saw a stack of yellow pages; the fire was going. There was also a pile of sleeping bags on the floor.
I gave French a kick, and said: "you got a big ol'tom cat in there with you"?
This pretty little brunette popped her head up and said "hey" in a very pissed off tone.
French looked up, as well, and said: "she's no tom cat - now get the hell out".
2 comments:
Kinda' figured French was good witht the cats, and the chicks too. Nice Post.
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This French guy reminds of Kerouac's Japhy in Dharma Bums. Kind of got a Gary Snyderishness about him. Like to hear more about this cute brunette in his sleeping bag.
HP
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