One day when Huli came into the house, to her surprise she saw the kitty in Ted’s office, which was part of Huli’s space. Huli ran up happily to greet Boo, but Boo went crazy. She hissed and growled and tried to swat her. Huli just wanted to play, but Boo hated her. Boo ran from the office; Huli thought this was a game and chased after her. Emma did not like this and scolded her. Huli did not want to share Emma. Emma was hers. She did not realize Boo had been with Emma for fourteen years. She didn’t know Emma’s heart was big enough for Ted, Boo, and Huli. Sometimes, Emma played with Huli. At other times, Emma played with Boo.
Boo is a big part of Emma’s and Ted’s life. As an only pet, Boo thinks she’s the queen. Emma found Boo under a car in the parking lot of her favorite Hawaiian grocery store while living in Hawaii. Boo was undernourished and homeless, sad and hurt—the same as Huli. Emma, who was single, living in a rented room, working as a waitress, and going to school, could not leave Boo to live on her own, so she brought her home. Boo Kitty, as she was known, was very popular with friends and family because she was so lively and funny, and had an energetic personality.
A young Boo had a two-story kitty playhouse with a cloth top. If you put anything on the cloth top of Boo’s playhouse she would race across the room, jump like a basketball player, hit the top of her house, and bounce off whatever was on there. It was a game that Boo loved to play and her fans loved to watch. When Emma left Hawaii, Boo came too. Boo flew to Salt Lake City, then drove with Emma all the way across the United States to Florida where she lives with Emma and Ted today. She is now fourteen years old, with the ailments that come with age, but still loves her Boo Kitty house, heating pads, and lying in the sun outside. She purrs loudly and loves Emma and Ted.
Huli, who is very young, is going to have to figure out how to get along with Boo, an older kitty who has been with Emma for so long.
