ANewMillenniumOnaJanuaryrainyday,thewriterwasdrivingalongthehighwayinVerginia,whenhiswifecalled.Thoughthewordsweretryinghardtogetoutbetweenhiswife’stears,thewriterfinallygotit:theircathadbeenkilledbytheirdog.(Whywasshesosadaboutthecat’sdeath?)•AboutthelittleCAT:•Afewdaysbeforethenewmillennium,shewasfoundmessyandhungrybythewriterwhilehewaspreparingfireworksforthenewmillenniumnight.•Thecatwasreallytoughbecauseshehadusedtoliveinthewoodswithmanydangerouslargepredators.Andshewassobravethatshecouldstanduptothewriter’sdogs.•Thenthelittlepoorbuttoughcatgotaname---K.B.Millie.“Millie”isfor“milliennium”andK.Bisfor“kickbutt”.•Milliegotanameandashelter.Itseemedthateverythingforherwasgoingfine.However……•Atthenewmillenniumparty,adrunktossedMillieoffthedeckwhichis40feet(12m)highfromthefirsttreetopsandthenMilliefellfromthetree,clearly.•Shedidn’tshowupuntiloneortwodayslater.Shewasfoundpissingbloodandhavingseriousinternalinjuries.•That’swhenWolf,thedog,cametograbherandshakeher.AndMilliedidn’teventrytorun.AndthatfinallyledtoMillie’sdeath.•Nowbothofthecouplewerecryingbadlyandsomeideashitthem……•aborrowedlife,hisdaughter,hissisterandthecattlehesawontheroad……ThisisasadstoryBut……