Rundek

(Animal, Yugoslavia)

Siva's kitten from 2020, the may vintage. Right after, few weeks later, one of the twins (Džimi and Darko), had one even lighter gray, fuzzier and puffier kitten, which rambled all summer, coupled with him, around oud legs, whenever we'd sit outside, specially when we'd prepare the fruit for, or then distill, the rakija.

Then that kitten suddenly and he stayed. He had no name until february next year (v. 01-II-2021.). And, as I wrote there, he turned into a veritable Donald, except, as I write this, he's six and a half years old and is still like new. May have a bump or two on his scalp, but he never had a blurred eyeball or a piece of skin hanging off his neck, as his predecessor often had.

He's big, muscular and heavy. Just like any other kitten, had big ears initially, and now looks as if they're small, because the fur on his head is so long. And, as with all of Johana's descendants, the winter fur includes an almost lion-like mane, and ears hairy inside. The only thing he doesn't quite match is to flatten his ears when yawning. He gets them down, but doesn't close them completely, like she did.

In may-june his looks are rather weird. When shedding the winter fur, it goes from head to tail. The old one is yellowish and wooly, and the new is smooth, shiny and darker gray. When it reaches his rear ribs, he looks as if the back is wrapped in sheep fur. This shot is from october of 2026, and while the wool vs smooth isn't quite visible, the colors are.

Because of that fur his tail sometimes looks shorter, but isn't.

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