{"id":8283,"date":"2015-01-14T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=8283"},"modified":"2015-01-14T10:24:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T10:24:25","slug":"lucky-number-seven-past-and-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/lucky-number-seven-past-and-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Number Seven: Past and Present"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Serena (and Amber), with Intro and photos by Geoff<\/font><\/p>\n

Last September, our lives were enriched by the surprise arrival of Amber, or Lucky Number Seven as we called her in our previous posts. Little Amber has come a long way since Geoff discovered her abandoned, and at death\u2019s door up in the garden. She\u2019s grown from an adorable kitten into an equally adorable young cat.<\/p>\n

When we published our previous three articles about her (see below), many readers asked us to keep them updated on her progress. So here we are with a short article about Amber, written in her own words, in which she compares what she is able to do today with what she could do in the past.
In case you missed them, here are the previous Amber articles:<\/p>\n

Part 1 – Lost and Found<\/font><\/strong><\/a>
Part 2 – Mittens for Kittens<\/font><\/strong><\/a>
Part 3 – Amber’s Antics<\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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non ho pi\u00f9 bisogno della pipetta per mangiare<\/font><\/strong><\/em> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Stamattina, per la prima volta, sono salita sulla scala a pioli e ho raggiunto il soppalco, dove dormono Geoff e Serena. Ho fatto questo tutto da sola perch\u00e9 loro non si vogliono mai alzare la mattina, cos\u00ec ho preso il coraggio a quattro mani e mi sono decisa. Pi\u00f9 tardi c\u2019\u00e8 stato il problema di ridiscendere la scala a pioli. Sono rimasta indecisa sul da farsi per qualche istante, quindi ho raggiunto il secondo gradino dall\u2019alto e da l\u00ec mi sono tuffata sul divano: atterraggio perfetto!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning, for the first time, I climbed up the ladder and got on to the mezzanine floor, where Geoff and Serena sleep. I did this all on my own because they never want to get up in the morning, so I got up courage and made up my mind. Later on there was the problem of getting down the ladder again. I couldn\u2019t decide what to do for a few moments, then I got onto the second step from the top and from there dived onto the sofa: perfect landing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Ho imparato che la ciotola non \u00e8 un letto<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ormai sono grande, e faccio tante cose che fino a poco tempo non riuscivo a fare. Per esempio, non ho pi\u00f9 bisogno della pipetta per mangiare come quando ero piccola, invece ho imparato che la ciotola non \u00e8 un letto, e adesso mangio i croccantini come un\u2019adulta insieme agli altri gatti.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a grownup now, and I can do lots of things that up until a short while ago I couldn\u2019t manage. For example, I don\u2019t need the pipette to eat anymore like when I was little, now I\u2019ve learned that the food bowl isn\u2019t a bed, and I eat my biscuits like a grownup with the other cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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E quel sasso? \u2026 la prima volta che l\u2019ho visto mi era sembrato una montagna!<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

E quel sasso l\u00ec fuori in giardino? Mi ricordo che la prima volta che l\u2019ho visto mi era sembrato una montagna! Ora ci passo accanto senza neanche notarlo, \u00e8 poco pi\u00f9 grosso di un ciottolo di fiume.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Ora ci passo accanto senza neanche notarlo<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And what about that stone out there in the garden? I remember that the first time I saw it, it looked like a mountain! Now I walk past without even noticing it, it\u2019s not much bigger than a pebble from the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Geoff mi ha fatto vedere una foto di me che cercavo di salire le scale<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

E che dire delle scale di casa? L\u2019altro giorno Geoff mi ha fatto vedere una foto di me che cercavo di salire le scale: ero tutta allungata e arrivavo appena a toccare la sommit\u00e0 del gradino. Pian pianino ho imparato a scenderle: facevo un salto e cadevo sul gradino di sotto, e cos\u00ec via. Dopo qualche giorno ho cominciato a salirle, ma quanta fatica! Ogni pochi gradini mi dovevo fermare per recuperare le forze. Oggi come oggi li faccio alla velocit\u00e0 del fulmine, sia in gi\u00f9 che in su.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What can I tell you about the staircase? The other day Geoff showed me a photo of me trying to climb the stairs: I was all stretched out, barely managing to touch the top of the step. gradually I learned to go down the stairs: I would jump and fall onto the step below, and so on. After a few days I started to climb them, but how tiring that was! Every few steps I had to stop and get my strength back again. Nowadays I can do it in a flash, both up and down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mi piacerebbe mangiare i croccantini di Mim\u00ec, che sono proprio speciali!<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Chiss\u00e0 cosa far\u00f2 prossimamente che non riesco ancora a fare oggi? Beh, ci sono due cose che mi piacerebbe fare presto: restare fuori tutta la notte e \u2026 mangiare i croccantini di Mim\u00ec, che sono proprio speciali!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who knows what I\u2019ll do next that I can\u2019t yet do? Well, there are two things I\u2019d like to do soon: stay out all night and \u2026 eat Mim\u00ec\u2019s (the first of our seven cats)<\/em> biscuits, that are really special!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

By Serena (and Amber), with Intro and photos by Geoff Last September, our lives were enriched by the surprise arrival of Amber, or Lucky Number Seven as we called her in our previous posts. Little Amber has come a long way since Geoff discovered her abandoned, and at death\u2019s door up in the garden. She\u2019s…<\/p>\n

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