HomeMy WebLinkAboutMiss Doofey OpossumMiss Doofey Oppossum
Anne Gunter
was a dark
an steamy night, a 6it of moon
was th o4 fight. q&wi 7otnas
and kis good frnd CIe ( set
out to firct an/ opossunt_pet
they drove OGi %jhivcuj S'Lc
they recn(�ecC, past kusi tin9 triys,•
swirnrrtin3 the i3razos among
the snakes, (k�i for ticrtks at
Country C(u1JTaks. '.Aniiruz�s
f rorn faraniwi{ knew these
boys were on t6iefrsicCe; �' '
JidcQn (n tau mconflg�itshone,-
an oryficznecf opossu+n aCl alone:
4n
r l lnd� Thonui,s 6tit tr 6ra(te5. ciie
baby n, possum be9antoshaie Soon,
his g ent�e hams engulfed her; in
.pocket die gcntyfaceher.
Once at fne he made - a decd of
an old shve ha cui4Trags he
hadshred .W ifd infant f rmuk
he warmed frn- Ge,- tumm of
mA and egg yoC(s that tasted
so yummy. Out f a; caCro_pper
the formtiectshe raffcd and
when/ she' was f cll, she rutppeC�..
axui she, riGi%pC1
Every two hours this schedule they
kept. Once in, awhik ...`UncCE
g gfe slept 1 r3rom
Astirc came Tamara and
young Thomas rt-hur. C1/
9reetdTth e e- opos sum with
squea6 and with (15ht€ They
fcd Fierczndyet hr andTcud {
iCa C her... and tFiev...roc(zec!
herand (ovei{her andTstaitd
over aeJaan. Ztute Uiorn w was
such an cid st hejwe than
the 6a6:t whom, the yrornytiii
named...
(Ooofe was nurtured with, dove
ancfs(e grew to be t-he sweetest
o_possuni any ever knew Sri
opossum is a rnarsuyiaitFtats
2uiite rtocturnQ(Ne hours she
IT were luite inferrtcc(! J/e
slept arlc(aJ anc{p�a ail
ru9ht and hung by her tad
in the 6rfyFit moonlight. %r
hcad eyessaw 6est in
the cCaa-k. She- 6arei mcccit
sound, not cvcri,a- bark. %r
soft GG2Ck cars sensed Gke- ra
dar gathering sounctsfrom
near and far: cShe nibb�ed
puyyy foodarcd loved scr-czmL
bled eggs. it irk, she/ would
dap right- down/ to the th-cqs.
r$atFis were apart of boofe
t routine. der tiru� ptrik
tonc�u.� CtckecC hery2ttte
c(an ari c{ru66i n9 theme over
herface- it would seem t6at, no
child Fuidevet; ever beni this
cCecrv!
DSO A/l ssDnofeysperit
her fife at ease, eating and
sfee_pinyancCy&iiing to,pCeccsa
gimartz anci.:lhc>rrtas
gave fu- Cove day b cray,whi.
fie gave htwIto tfiem iaevery
ivay. Stich, tau stor f 2I/fLs
Dofey Opossum an, orp(crn
whose fiJe was cc�lowedto
G(ossom. �
✓VU�S Doofttj CR,trie YA 1lS
in JuITy of 1983 after her
mot �ierdied beside- the road
near &'CCeje'Stntivn Texas.
Of tree eight 6adie5 in, her
mothers ,poucFionly Doofe y
survived J'Iie tvas one month
der and bar4jfcitr inches
Cong. (We caged 6
cSlyat and eventuarrj she
became mown: as
Doofey. 3fr ihort, but
sweet, fife was asottrce cf
entertainment andecilca
tion for our fainify cus weir
as far the c(ifdren D� f the
neighborhood, t6ieScoi&
troo, p and:the disroomi
she, Coved to vi'si't:
%I's book, was ca ffigra�hei
and i[Cu,stratecfon; Cam5on
paperwa�vgotta/die and
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