Assignment/Rubric
Kali
the Creator
My
cat, Kali the Destroyer, is actually a creator. She got her name, Kali the
Destroyer, because the first day she came to our home, as just a little bitty
kitten no bigger than the palm of my hand, she jumped up onto the sofa and
scratched the noses of my seven year old cat, Dima, and my five year old dog,
Uju. Everyone knew, from that first moment, that she was a tough little kitty.
After that, she definitely left her mark on the arm of the sofa scratching it
to smithereens. As the weather got warmer, Kali began venturing outside, and
soon enough she was bringing little ‘presents’ back to the house: dead mice and
dead insects were her favorite gifts to bring home. However, she is not just a ‘killing
machine’. She also fancies herself as quite the little artist. Every morning
she sits in front of her, and her sisters, two water bowls and waits for me to
come add some water to them from my tea kettle. As I pour the water from the
kettle, she rubs against my legs and sits down to contemplate her canvas. While
I am boiling water for my morning coffee, she takes the little green bowl,
which sits in front of my stove, and tips it just right so that the water
spills out onto my kitchen floor. She then walks around with her front paw and
moves the water in little directed puddles creating very interesting abstract
paintings. Afterwards, she sits and stares at the reflection of the kitchen
light into her water paintings as they evaporate upon the kitchen floor. While
some might feel my cat Kali is a fearsome creature with an appetite for
destruction, I know that deep down inside, she is just a cute little artist
looking for new ways to express herself.
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