the dead cat
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My pet cat died and I spent ages trying to dig a hole to bury her in the garden which was deep enough not to be dug up by foxes! When I had finished I went and got the box with her body but it was too big to go in the hole. Not having the energy to do any more digging I decided she'd have to be buried with out the box. feeling guilty I got some pretty tissue paper and wrapped her in that. Then went to a pile of old newspapers I keep for odd jobs and pulled a couple off the top to wrap her in. I opened up the top newspaper, a copy of the Independent, and was confronted by an article for an art exhibition and an illustration of one of the exhibits. It was a cat standing on its hind legs holding a placard saying 'I'm Dead' . It gave me a real fright, especially as we don't buy the Independent which must have been left behind by a visitor.
Date submitted:Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:03:31 +0000Coincidence ID:7076
