Flora and fauna

Inside and outside live worlds of flora and fauna - non-speaking members of the organic life you've become quite accustomed to. There are plants and bushes and trees and stuff out there. And there are little animals walking around and doing their business. And you tolerate all of it. Any ordinary human would, afterall.

Some of the little animals become pets, and because you're an ordinary human, you treat those pets quite well, you pet them, you feed them, you pamper them, you take care of them, and you all co-exist in a wonderful and enjoyable way.

But, there is quite an extraordinary thing that results from having pets, especially those that you particularly enjoy being around. Your presence - to them - is more than just wonderful, and pleasing; for them, it's quite life changing. That is, the better you treat your pets, the more you alter them, the more you change them, and the more like Franken-kitties and Franken-doggies they become. They won't leave you alone!!!

They hang around you, they follow you everywhere, they want your attention all the time, they beg for your petting, and stroking, becoming almost equals with you - "if only in their own eyes".

After a few years, with all your many pets you've taken such good care of, they become your entire life - you can become a slave to your own, loved, and well-treated pets!!! And who would want to suddenly, without warning, pack all their immediate belongings, and escape the rail car, leaving all their beloved pets behind to fend for themselves? Almost no one, that's who.

The better home you make for your pets, the harder it is to suddenly leave.

ps- bet you think this was about cats and dogs, huh?