When John was sick and lay abed
our old cat sang to him and tapped him gently on his head.

Now sick, she is not at all surprised
when John knells down and sings to her. She looks into his eye.

I’ve drawn our cat, Formica Dinnette Patrice Foxford Mauerman in the background of many pagess in my book, Eagles and Banana Peels.  nancymauerman.com