Marble, dat wuz bootiful to Hemi. Wen he went tew Da Bridge, we lit a
Candle fur himself. We r gonna lite sum more Candles tewmorrow,
We wuv yew n awl da Rennikids, n yer ma n paw tew.
Puuuuuurrs uff comfurt
Mosey and Tabitha
....
A petite oranj an wite gurlkitty wif teerz in hur ayez walkz ontu da
stayj an standz in frunt uv da podium, nurrfusslee ringin a hankee in
hur pawz]

Mine naym iz Marble, an Ize wud lyke tu pay tribyewt tu mine broffur
Ernest P. Hemminway. Weez kalled him Hemi.

Jist befor Ize left Unca Nickz an kaym tu liv wif meowmie an daddee,
Unca Nick toldid dem abowt a liddle kitty dat waz gonna go tu da
inhumayn sosiettee if sumwun dint dopt him. He toldid dem dat dis
wazza liddle blak kitty wif eggstra toze on hiz frunt feetz. Meowmie
an daddee dint want him tu go der so dey doptid him azza playmayt fur
mineself, sins he waz ownlee wun munth owldur dan Ize waz.

Hemi an Ize grew up tugeffur. Weez wur always klose an yewzed tu
kleen eetch offur an play tugeffur an eet tugeffur an sleep tugeffur.
Hemi grew up tu be a hansum boykitty an waz kwite a lot biggur dan
mineself, buttid he waz always gentle wen weez played. Wen da offur
kitties pikked on mineself, mine big broffur Hemi waz alwayz klose at
paw tu protekt mineself.

On Oktofur twelf, Hemi stopped eetin an hid in a liddle cat hows alla
tyme. Meowmie waz wurreed abowt him an tuk him tu TED. TED ran sum
blud testz an anoffur test an toldid meowmie dat he sertinlee dint luk
lyke he waz tu sik, so meowmie dint wurree tutu mutch.

Da neggst day wen TED kalled wif da test rezultz, he waz furry sad an
toldid meowmie dat he waz shokked at da reezultz. He toldid meowmie
dat Hemi’z kidneez had shut down an dat da prognosis waz furry poor.
Meowmie kryed an asked TED if she cud hav a kuppil uv dayz so weez cud
all say owr gudbyz tu him.

On Octofur da fowrteenth, da day uv da Jellicle Ball, mine deer
broffur Hemi mayd hiz jurnee tu da Bridj at free twennee pee em.
sniff

Hemi, weez all miss yurownself but node that yur not in da payn dat yu
hid so well enymor. Weez jist wish yu had let meowmie an daddee node
yu wur sik so dey cud hav helped yu. Maybe den yewd still be heer wif
us.

Ize luv yu Hemi. Be gud till weez see eetch offur agin. teerz

[Marble greef-strikken bowz hur hed an sobz. Oz an Voodoo rush up tu
da stayj an tayk hur by da paw an leed hur bak tu seet]