The annoying little thing

My humms returned from their trip, we resumed our routine and everything seemed well. I had good food, good places to take naps, a nice bed to sleep all night with them, I couldn’t complain about my life.
But something had to happen.
I was preparing for my first birthday when the Dude made a little trip. He always did that for 2 or 3 days, and I was not worried. But mom was acting in a strange way and, suddenly she arrived home with something weird in her arms.
At first sight, I thought that was another toy for me (I love toys, mainly the ones with catnip), but the smell was wrong. And the little thing was making some strange noises, too, and was moving alone.
It took a while until I noticed that it was a cat.
I mean, it did not look like a cat. Cats are like me, gray, tabby, big, a little fat, strong, beautiful and smell very good.
This thing was white, had big blue eyes, was small and smelled funny.
I heard Mom calling the Dude by phone and telling him that she had brought home a Siamese. And I heard when she asked the Dude’s son, Henrique, to choose a name for her.
After a while, I was formally introduced to Manuela Mocca de Las Canduengas or, simply, Manu.
My life was never the same again.