Eddie and Chamille

This is Eddie, one of Aunt Melanie's two cats. He is a kind of cat called a Devon Rex. His fur is extra short. His whiskers are short too. At night, he likes to play fetch like a dog. Aunt Melanie pulls back on a pony-tail holder, shoots it down the hall and Eddie will run after it and bring it back.

Eddie likes to climb, so he is named after Sir Edmund Hillary. Sir Edmund was the first man to climb to the top of Mt.Everest and he was from New Zealand. You can see a picture of Sir Edmund on the New Zealand $5 bill.



Chamille has funny fur too. Hers is a lot longer than Eddie's and it is wavy. She is a kind of cat called a LaPerm, because it looks like she's had a perm on her fur. LaPerm cats originally came from Oregon in the USA.

Chamille likes to carry toys and socks around the house. Her favorite toy is a Beanie Baby Octopus.