A true story about Iris and The Purple Purse

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Iris and the Purple Purse

It was a warm Fall day when Iris came to live with her new Mommy and her new kitty sister, named Lily.

Iris was very scared and nervous. Everything was new.

Everything, that is, except for her purple purse which came with her from her old house.

This was not just any purple purse.
This was a purple purse made of fake fur.
The kind of purse a little girl might use to hide her special things in.
It was Iris’s favorite toy.
It made her feel safe when she was nervous and Iris could be very nervous around things that were new to her.

For the first few days at her new house Iris stayed hidden in the bedroom under the bed with her face on her purple purse.
She would purr and meow when her new Mommy came to feed her and pet her but she would not come out of the bedroom.

One day her new Mommy came home and found the purple purse out in the living room!
Iris had come out from under the bed!
But where was she now?
Her new Mommy looked all over the house for her.

Suddenly, she heard a soft meow.
Iris had made a new bed in the hall cupboard which was really made for towels and things of that sort.
She was curled up in her new safe place, meowing and purring happily.
Iris loved her new cozy spot so much that she surrounded herself with all her special treasures.

In came the purple purse, of course.
Then some of Mommy’s little stuffed animals.
At night she would tuck them all under her and fall fast asleep feeling safe and protected.

One very brave day Iris decided to see what was outside in the back yard.
She had seen Lily come and go in and out the big door.
She saw Mommy do it too!

Gathering all of her courage, Iris carefully put the handle of the purple purse in her mouth and crept outside.
She had never felt grass before because before she lived with her new Mommy, she had never been outside.

The grass was scary! Everything was scary!
There were birds singing and flying around.
There were bugs and butterflies!
There was so much to see.

With her purple purse securely in her mouth, Iris touched the grass with one paw, then another until all four paws were on the grass.
Very slowly she walked around the edge of her new back yard.
She sniffed flowers and leaves.
She rubbed her face on the bark of the trees.

She was purring happily when her Mommy called her into the house for her supper.
Iris had done it! She had gone outside and nothing bad had happened to her.

She spent many days exploring all the new things around her.
Her purple purse was always with her.

One afternoon as Iris was sunning herself in a flower garden, a humming bird fluttered around her head as it drew nectar from the flower above to her.
With one quick motion, Iris was on her four feet and chasing the little bird.
The problem was, her purple purse made it impossible for her to run!
She tripped over it, sending herself head over heels as the bird took off over the fence in search of safer flowers.

Soon Iris’s need for her purple purse wasn’t so important.
There were so many more things she could do without it in her mouth.
Iris discovered she could be very brave all by herself.

Once in awhile when Iris became nervous, she would find her purple purse and rub her face against it. But this didn’t last for long.
Iris had figured out that all the courage and bravery she needed was right inside her all the time.

THE END