Gugugu:
I've got curly whiskers.... Sob! Sob! Pain! Pain!
Mimi:
Who ask you stupid? Candle. Fire. See fire still go, smell... Smell nice nice right... lavender ma... Relaxing... Til don't know to avoid fire right...
Story (about 1 month after BB's death/ 6 weeks after adopting Gugugu)....
Mimi:I've always loved to relax in the mist and scent of lavender candles... my current favorites are the tea lights... I'll usually surround one big candle with eight tea lights, switch off the lights (at night) and hug BB (blue-ish-grey drawf rabbit) to lay with me while I watch TV/DVDs... Wow... Heaven...That day, after waking up, suddenly felt like relaxing in the mist and scent of lavender candles... Thus set up and light the candles...Oh ya... Let Gugugu (never try before) relax with me also la... (Went to kitchen and picked up Gugugu. Gugugu struggled. Put Gugugu down on the table (away from the candles), turned around to get something (can't remember what), turned back and......)Gugugu:Mmmmmm... Nice nice... Smell nice nice.... What's this? (Nose very close to the top of the candle lights)Mimi:Oh my god! Why are you so near to the lighted candles? (Picked Gugugu up) Aiyo... Fire. Hot. You not scare. Burn. Burn. Pain. Pain la... Stupid... You OK? Luckily stop you, else roasted rabbit already la... Why you so stupid? Silly! Don't you know fire? Danger la...(Smell burnt smell, looked around) Nothing burning lei... (To Gugugu) You got burnt hah? Where? (Took a good look at Gugugu) Huh? I don't see anything on fire or burning... Oh my god... How come your whiskers short and so curly? (Smell Gugugu) Aiya, burnt smell from whiskers la... You OK?Gugugu:Huh? Mimi, why you smelling me? (looking calm and innocent) Don't scold me la... What did I do???DG (a visiting friend):(Waking up) what happened? (To Gugugu) Why Mimi scolding you? What did you do?Mimi:(Hugging Gugugu and walking to kitchen) He silly la... Burnt whiskers... See. Short and curly now...DG:Aiyo... (To Gugugu) You Ok? (To Mimi) why not put some water on his whiskers? Else he go into shock, how?Gugugu:Nono... No water... I hate water... I hate water...Mimi:(To DG) Cannot la... He hates water... He'll scream one la... I know la... Put him here lo... (putting Gugugu in freezer with doors open)DG:Aiyo... Freezer? Can or not?Gugugu:Good.... So cool... I like freezer (sniffing everywhere and exploring, then relax and lay down)Mimi:(To DG) Can la... I always put them in freezer (with the doors open) when the weather gets too hot... See he's relaxing already...
Story end...
I know... All of you who's reading this right now would probably be cursing and scolding me for being so careless... I'm really sorry... It never did occur to me that there's an animal who didn't understand the danger of fire... All my other pets would immediately shy away from candles and fire, no matter how curious they are, but Gugugu... Sigh... So learn from my lesson ok... Never take things for granted...
For your information, I did a test a few days after this incident... I set and light the candles again as before, but this time, after I placed Gugugu on the table, I watched him... Once again, he got attracted by the candles and started towards them... Sigh... I picked him up and learnt my lesson... Never ever again put him near anything that might be a danger...
