Power Under Control!

The mother called a vet, who gave the animal a injection to help it. The wolf recovered and stayed in the girls backyard. The wolf played with the girl for a total of 12 years. The wolf had power under control. That was “gentleness.”

 

This story reminds me of a neighbors cat that kept coming over our place here in Tokoroa, New Zealand, it was a vicious little cat. And we wondered about her home life. As time went by the cat would come over but not let anyone near it, or it would try to bite and scratch us but it also didn’t seem to like going home. I wasn’t to keen having it around as Jimmy was small then and I didn’t want the cat scratching him. When this cat scratched me long trails of blood would drip down my arm as this animal knew what she was doing.

We had a small cat called Porthos (He was a big kitten at this stage) and he would play with me in the grass and this other cat would come over and watch and even take swipes at Porthos and I. Porthos was a male ginger cat and very friendly. We worried about this other cat and why she was so violent and we wanted to be her friend, and she wanted something of us because she kept coming over to our home. I got the idea in my mind to be gentle with Porthos in front of this cat and pat and stroke his fur, and gently play with him and see how the other cat reacted to seeing the happiness that the gentle treatment was giving Porthos.

 

For a couple of mornings I did this and finally the visiting cat couldn’t bear it and she came over and let me gently pat her. And I kept at it and if she tried to attack me I would withdraw my hand (sometimes with blood dripping so I would have to wipe it off) and then continue to pat Porthos in the same loving gentle manner.

 

Finally love won the day and that cat is now a close friend of ours and sometimes she still gets a bit snappy but once one of our family gently strokes her fur talking to her and cuddling her she gives in and enjoys our company.

Love does really win and a gentle nature is what we should all try to have. We should be slow to anger and use love as a tool to help others.