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- Herausgeber: tredition
- Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
- Sprache: Englisch
What is the difference between a cat and a human being? A cat does not get Burnout Syndrome! ' . . . absolutely adorable and insightful . . .' - Amy Raines, Readers' Favorite. A Helping Paw is a delightful piece of tongue-in-cheek British satire that thoughtfully and respectfully examines many of the overriding themes of today's world, such as human behavior, politics and religion. It offers readers a fresh new perspective on life from the point-of-view of a couple of hilarious sharp-witted felines.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019
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For all creatures of the planet,
especially my two furry friends for their
love and inspiration
Allan Gilmour
A HELPING PAW
Amusing Satirical Observations of Life Featuring Two Witty Cats and an Englishman
Also by this author
NICE PLACE, SHAME ABOUT THE HUMAN RACE
Copyright © 2019 Allan Gilmour
www.gilmoursniceplace.com
Cover, illustrations: Anja Lüder, Mellie Rose Test
Publishing & print: tredition GmbH,
Halenreie 40-44, 22359 Hamburg
ISBN
Paperback
978-3-7482-9620-1
Hardcover
978-3-7482-9621-8
e-Book
978-3-7482-9622-5
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Inhalt
Cover
Dedication
Title Page
Copyright
The Furry Protagonists
A Few Notes before You Begin This Book
The Key(S) to Life – from a Pusscat’S Point of View!
The Best Sofa in the World
Your Own True Self
Individualism, Oddities and Errors
Around the Bend
Freedom to Roam
Electronic Devices
Sing Out Loud!
Be Yourself!
What Do You Choose to Experience?
May the Force be with You!
Peace on Earth
The ‘D’ Words and Living a Life in Lack
How to Stop Complaining, Grumbling and Moaning
Breathe!
The Gentleman – a Dying Breed
Being a Thankful Cat
Matters of the Heart
Be Careful – Your Thoughts Become Reality!
Comfy Places
Get Your Head down and Hit the Sack!
I Was, I Am, and I Will be
Take a Break and Discover Yourself!
You Reap What You Sow
A HELPING PAW
Cover
Dedication
Title Page
Copyright
The Furry Protagonists
You Reap What You Sow
A HELPING PAW
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THE FURRY PROTAGONISTS
Name: Mr Fred Midnight
Year of Birth: 2010
Place of Birth: Thuringia, Germany
Favourite Pastimes: Observing moving objects, chasing birds, eating and sleeping, collecting food sticks (and devouring them!)
Pet Hates: Mr Midnight has no pet hates – he loves all living beings. He has little capacity for arrogance and ignorance.
Pet Likes: Playing and eating
Most Favourable Moment: Lying on the sofa and being stroked by Daddy.
Personality Traits: Brave, worldly, sociable, spontaneous, crafty, judgemental, clumsy, sometimes impatient.
Name: Sir George Francis Winston
Year of Birth: 2010
Place of Birth: Thuringia, Germany
Favourite Pastimes: Running after leaves, observation and general studies. He absolutely loves going to sleep.
Pet Hates: He is a lover of all living souls, but he is not a fan of impatience, disrespect and narrowmindedness.
Pet Likes: He simply adores all creatures’ great and small … and Greek yoghurt.
Most Favourable Moment: Lying on the floor of the study watching Daddy attend to his stamp collection.
Personality Traits: Homely, insightful, reflective, contemplative, shy, principled, nervous, sometimes a bit of a traditionalist.
A FEW NOTES BEFORE YOU BEGIN THIS BOOK
Hi there.
My name is Allan Gilmour and I am the person who has the pleasure of looking after Mr Midnight and Sir Winston in our little village in the Black Forest. I am also the co-author of the book you now hold in your hands.
After a lengthy ‘tête-à-tête-à-tête ‘with my two furry companions, we all finally decided that we would leave the names of my two cats off the cover of this book. Namely, because we didn’t have enough room left and secondly because Mr Midnight and Sir Winston had left me to do all the editing, formatting and publication finalisation on my own.
Thank you for purchasing ‘A Helping Paw’. We are aware that you could have picked any number of books to read, but you picked this book and for that reason, we are extremely grateful.
An honest review of our work is very important to us.
Mr Midnight and Sir Winston recently purred into both my ears that I should mention if you enjoyed our book and you found some benefit in reading our work, then they would love you to post a review on Amazon if you had purchased your copy there. Mr Midnight and Sir Winston love feeding time and your feedback and support would be very helpful for our future writing projects.
Thank you for your time and have a lot of fun reading our book.
Allan Gilmour
THE KEY(S) TO LIFE – FROM A PUSSCAT’S POINT OF VIEW!
I believe that the key to life is to discover your balance, and I don’t mean when trying to see how difficult it is to balance when walking along the garden fence.
There are in fact four keys and a core key. I believe that if one manages to use those keys correctly in life then one will be free of illness and be satisfied, hence being able to enjoy life to its full capacity.
Well, that’s what life is supposed to be all about I think. Enjoyment, contentment and satisfaction are great reasons to want to live.
Can you name the four keys and the core key required for a meaningful life Mr Midnight?
Easy peasy pudding and pie!
The first key is to eat ‘proper’ food; not the stuff food companies want you to eat.
The second is to drink enough ‘proper’ fluids.
The third is to move about as much as possible.
And the fourth is to get enough sleep with which to recharge the old batteries.
These four keys surround the main, core key, which happens to be the key called ‘Love’. I’m talking about genuine love and not the love where one just loves one’s family and immediate friends. Loving one’s immediate surroundings is easy to do.
I must admit, it really is a continual life journey to be able to master the art of true love. I mean, because of a cat’s natural instincts, we often kill other small little beings. It’s not very nice is it, but I can’t seem to help myself. True love means one respects ALL things. Still, at least I’m conscious of the fact and am working on it.
The humans are exactly the same. The poor dears often believe they have genuine love within themselves and then they will go and eat us animals. Thank goodness they don’t eat pussycats in our neck of the woods. Still, I suppose understanding what true love is all about is a matter of perception.
If one manages to discover one’s own balance in life, allowing one’s compass to guide oneself, then it will become more difficult to get ill or experience tragic circumstances.
Precisely, one must discover one’s balance in life and believe in oneself. If one of the keys, or compass points, is misaligned then illness will eventually creep into one’s life.
I sometimes have a problem with my right eye, if being truthful, perhaps because there are some things I do not want to see in life.
That’s probably why many humans do not hear so well. There are things in life which they do not want to hear. The body is a clever ‘machine’ and will help sort out your problems.
The body dictates; your wish is my command and hey presto - if one avoids looking at some areas of one’s life the body will help out and as in my case, make my vision become more blurred.
I believe that it is the same with all illnesses. Contrary to popular belief and what governments and the pharmaceutical industry wish to make us all believe, illness does not just come out of the blue.
If we avoid maintaining our bodies then our bodies will eventually, fall to pieces. The choice is ours.
I think the magic word is called ‘selfresponsibility’ Sir Winston.
It’s the same with next door neighbour’s dog. He can hardly walk but he must keep on the move. Perhaps he should stay put sometimes because there is something waiting for him to discover. His body helps him by gradually ‘making’ him stay put. A shame the outcome has to usually turn out so tragic.
I suppose we are all afraid of looking at the real truth. Indeed, fear is the main motivator for illness. Most illnesses appear because of some deeprooted fear somewhere or another.
Although I am a cat and therefore, unable to read properly, I can still recommend a small book by Louise Hay which is called ‘Heal your Body’. It may help some of you folks discover the proper key for your own journey.
And even though it is rather trying sometimes, please try and align your compass. You’ll feel a better person if you can.
