Crew member-- Gremlin.

Let me introduce you more fully to an elder member of the Ark`s company, our cat Gremlin. I first saw him as a tiny kitten appearing suddenly in the corner of our sheep field. At that time we kept hens and this tiny scrap was running after them mewing, hoping that they would feed him.  I picked him up with no trouble,  he was so desperate he would have gone to any one. I think his situation was so hopeless that things could only get better. He was so small that he sat easily in the palm of my hand.  His fur was, and is, silky and fine, different to all our other cats. We never discovered where he came from.
  I took him in to show Kim and it was of course love at first sight. We had powdered milk and a bottle to hand and he drank greedily and soon left the danger list. He is now a large and handsome cat as you can see.
   However. he is not as healthy as he appears.  About a year ago he began losing weight and was panting and obviously distressed. Our vet subjected him to some very sophisticated examinations in a surgery whose hi-tech equipment would not have shamed a large modern hospital. Echo graphs showed his heart was seriously affected possibly by his early privations.  However three or four drugs have enabled him to survive and even thrive and we hope to have him aboard for a long time yet. He is a good-natured and affectionate cat and his silky fur is a joy to caress. A few Euros spent on medicine is a small price to pay for his company.  He is eight in 2 day`s time.. happy birthday, Gremlin!