Puck and Kharpern - Tail of Two Sisters
In October 2003 I was at Tim and Molly Keer's house checking out their latest (unplanned) litter. The kittens were living in their backyard, under the house and when the back door would slide open, all the kittens save these two would scatter; the sisters would hang out, look and check out what was going on. I liked them immediately. Since I'd sent our original cat Kleinschiesse to catnip heaven a few months prior, I was looking for a replacement, but didn't want to break up the pair. Dey was dadopted.
Took us a while to figure out names for them, but Pam came up with Kharpern (aka 'Pern) from the Ghadi's Tail books, and we both agreed on Puck for the larger, impish and impulsive of the sisters. Puck and Pern. Pern is the ultimate training cat - let anyone not comfy with cats meet her and they will change their mind. Sean would pick her up hard around the ribs, she'd let out a tiny protest - no claws, no bites just a gentle "Hey, uh, you're squishing mwee."