American Cats

Kasey and I were born right here in America. She told us so. She is having a kind of a hard time with all the talk on the TV about a topic named immigration. She says that is when you aren't born here, but you want to move into America. I think they are talking about the people who cut our grass and stuff like that. Here is something I learned about Her. A lot of years ago, Her grandmas and grandpas came here from other countries. When they got here, the people who were already here didn't like them and treated them very badly. Her beloved Grandma came from a place named Switzerland. After that Grandma got here, she married a man who came here from another place. Its name was Ireland. People treated him just horribly mean. He couldn't get work, so he got drunk a lot. Grandma took her two children and left him there. One of those children turned out to be Her mom. Meanwhile, Her other grandma and grandpa came her from still another place, named Italy. I guess all these people had the right papers so they could stay here, but the American people treated the Italian people even worse than the people from Ireland, if that is possible. After awhile, Her mother got married to one of the Italian sons, and people treated them so badly that Her father couldn't get work, and Her mother got sick, and then She came along. That's when everything really went bad. Her mother had to go home and live with her Swiss mother. That lady didn't want her daughter (Her mother) to go through what she had to go through with the Irish guy, so she took in her daughter, but not the husband. (Her dad). Well now, when She remembers what Her family went through because people didn't like immigrants, She wants them to be treated better. I am so glad I am a cat. Of course we are all suspicious of new cats coming in, but it isn't because they are immigrants. It is because we like things our own way. Wait a minute. Maybe that is part of the problem the humans are having. I'll have to think about that. Well, goodnight for now.