James Bowen lives in London and he usually plays and sings around Covent Garden or near Angel. At a first glance there is nothing special about his pet – a ginger tomcat. If you stay there and observe for a while you will notice that Bob (the cat) is not like any other animals. Bob is not afraid of dogs or police sirens, he travels on the Tube or the buses like a normal human and even has an oyster card.
James found Bob five years ago accidently when Bob tried to follow him on a bus. Bob really believes he is human – many of his fans bring him presents from around the world and Bob feels comfortable around human beings.
James, who is 33 years old separates his life into two parts – before and after he met Bob. Before he met Bob, James was an addict and outcast. Bob gave him a meaning of his life to such an extent that James even wrote a book “A Street Cat Named Bob”. In this book he is telling the story of himself and Bob and he swears that every bit of it and true and amazing. James was lucky enough to find a publisher (a man who passed him every day near Angel) and hopes to be selling a lot of copies of the book.
Now James is a street performer and when Bob accompany him he usually receives a lot more money. But Bob the cat is not only a way for James to earn more money – he is a real friend. James doesn’t take drugs anymore and is happy that he has Bob and the he truly loves him.
From our animal family to yours: “May your holidays shine with the light of the season"
Best Merry Christmas animals quotes:
"Ho, Ho, Ho, and Merry Christmas!" – Santa (rabbit) Claus
"May peace and plenty of carrots be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through" – Snow-rabbit
"Joy and human friendship is the true gift of Christmas" – The loyal dog
"We will honor Christmas in our hearts, and try to keep it all the year" – The cool cats
"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree are the presence of the entire animal family along with our beloved human friends” – The happy animals
"Santa is very jolly because he knows where all the bad cats live" – The bad cat
David Robson, a young man from Bridlington has an unusual pet with the common name Fluffy. Now you probably imagine a cute little dog but Fluffy is actually a five-stone lizard that and it runs, jumps and is able to infuse the hearts of other animals with fear.
As any regular pet Fluffy goes for walks and loves playing with his owners and other people. David admits that older persons love Fluffy the most.
Robsons take Fluffy the pet-lizard to festivals in order to collect for charities and usually David holds him around his chest.
“The people think I hold a small child and are asking me to see the baby” – says David.
Robsons have a lot of animals in their home. There are several dogs and cats and Fluffy gets really well with most of them. When Fluffy arrived at home about 5 years ago he was only about 3in long. The lizard is now 5ft long from head to tail and weight more than 5st.
When Robsons got their latest cat as a just one month old kitten it went missing. They thought he was lost forever but found the kitten curled up next to Fluffy in his tank. Fluffy generates a lot of warmth from his body and probably attracted the kitten.
The pet-lizard Fluffy was trained the same was dogs are. Fluffy let his owners know when he wants to be let out or is tired or hungry. David uses a leash to lead him for walks and Fluffy recognizes the time and happily runs to the front door (just like a normal dog). He also loves running around the garden. Fluffy also likes doing night-walks but is very careful and silent and doesn’t break anything or wake anybody. There was a funny time when the lizard loved to climb over David’s father legs, sit on his face and then fall asleep. But the lizard is too big for his dad to move and he’d be pinned to the sofa.
