Manfred. An unexpected gift.

Manfred. Un regalo inesperado.

Friends I am very happy to tell you about this little big change I have had in my life recently, since the day I least thought the message came to me that if I could take care for "two days" of a friend's new cat and that's where this little story comes from, let me tell you.

Amigos estoy muy feliz de hablarles sobre este pequeño gran cambio que he tenido en mi vida recientemente, ya que el día menos pensado llego a mi el mensaje de que si podía cuidar por “dos días” al nuevo gato de un amigo y de ahí viene esta pequeña historia, déjenme les cuento.

It was a hot afternoon like today and one of my friends wrote me to ask me for a favor, since he had recently been given a cat which already came with the name of Manfred, but, for work he had to leave the city and could not leave him at home since he is living alone. He told me exactly that he would take care of him for "two days" and I automatically said yes since I really love cats, although at that time I didn't have one of my own.

Era una tarde calurosa como hoy y uno de mis amigos me escribió para pedirme un favor, ya que recientemente le habían dado un gato el cual ya venía con el nombre de Manfred, pero, por el trabajo tenia que irse de la ciudad y no podía dejarlo en casa ya que esta viviendo solo. Me dijo exactamente que lo cuidaría por “dos días” y yo automáticamente dije que si ya que realmente adoro a los gatos, aunque en ese momento no tenía uno propio.

From the moment he left him to me I fell in love with that orange animal that even though he was beautiful I knew I would only take care of him for a weekend... Or so I thought. The days went by and those two days turned into two weeks, Manfred's original owner had not been able to return home because work was holding him back. One night while we were talking he asked me how Manfred was doing and I told him "fine, sleeping on my pillow as usual" and after several messages he asked me if I wanted to stay with him permanently since it would be difficult for him to return to Rubio for a long time due to his new position in the office. I excitedly said yes, since I adore Manfred and honestly I had been wanting to tell him for days that I wanted to keep him.

Desde el momento en que me lo dejo yo caí enamorada de ese anaranjado animal que aunque era precioso sabia que solo lo cuidaría un fin de semana… O eso creía yo. Los días pasaron y esos dos días se volvieron dos semanas, el dueño original de Manfred no había podido volver a casa porque el trabajo lo retenía. Una noche mientras hablábamos me pregunto sobre como estaba Manfred y yo le dije “bien, durmiendo en mi almohada como siempre” y tras varios mensajes me pregunto que si quería quedarme con el de forma permanente ya que le seria difícil volver a Rubio por un buen tiempo debido a su nuevo cargo en la oficina. Yo emocionada le dije que si, ya que adoro a Manfred y sinceramente tenia días queriendo decirle que me lo quería quedar.

Now Manfred and I understand each other very well, he always knows when to tease me to brighten up my day and I always know when he wants to be petted on his back, my little friend is not so little anymore and believe me I will soon make him his own bed so he won't steal my pillow anymore.

Ya Manfred y yo nos entendemos muy bien, siempre sabe cuando molestarme para animar mi día y yo siempre se cuando quiere que lo acaricien en la espalda, mi pequeño amigo ya no es tan pequeño y créanme que pronto le hare su propia cama para que ya no me robe mi almohada.