Chiori, my room mate was packing to leave Singapore on her last night. I bade farewell to her and went to bed. It was past mid night when she was waiting for her friend to send her off.
Chiori was very good to Mio, feeding her and playing with her, more than I was. We were just talking about how Mio is so energetic and naughty, it's hard to believe she is a female cat. Mio also liked being around her and always jumped into her tall laundry basket, often surprising her when she springs out from it.
At 4am, Chiori woke me up. Her voice shaking and her face stiff with shock and disbelief. She said she was clearing her stuff and wanted to throw trash down the garbage chute, which is placed under the sink where Mio loves to go. One of the garbage was too big so she treid to make them into smaller lots. She did not think much and left the garbage chute's door open. Then suddenly she heard the door closed. BOMB!.......
We live on 11th floor, the top floor of a gigantic residential block.
Mio is nowhere to be seen. The garbage chute door tightly closed. What happens to a cat when it falls down a garbage chute from 11th floor?
The garbage collectors only come and clear the garbage in the morning 10:30am on Saturday. Otherwise the door on the 1st floor is locked. Who knows what's thrown down by the residents by Saturday 4am.
I do not blame Chiori. She was just trying to throw the trash. I can understand Mio. She's such an adventurous little cat. She was always looking at me curiously, when I threw those garbage.
so what can I say?.........tragedy. poor Mio. I didn't want to think too much about how it is like in the garbage shoot or how she's doing. As I went to bed I missed her annoying but cute presence.....
I woke up to a first day without a room mate and Mio.
I got out of my room, sat there for a while when Mio quietly tip toed in the house from the window oblivious to my delight......!
I now appreciate her on a new level.
