Meet Ellie Harris

My name is Eleanor Walker Harris, but they just call me "Ellie" because I'm short. I am named after Eleanor Walker (a.k.a Ellie Walker) from The Andy Griffith Show.

I am five years old and am the baby of the family. I first came to live here when I was only a couple of months old. I was outside the house crying and the lady who lived there, who is now known as "Mom," was outside watering her plants on the front porch. She brought me in and fed me and started trying to find a different home for me. After a couple of weeks, someone contacted her that they would like to have me, but she told them that she was far too attached to me by then and that they couldn't have me (Not like anyone could "have" me anyway, because I am far too independent for anyone to own me).

I am a very quiet kitty and speak probably only a couple or three times a day, if I REALLY want something. Otherwise, most of the time, I just get by using my cuteness and don't usually have to ask for things. Like Margaret, I am a very small kitty. Actually I am smaller than she is, but I'm a little chubbier than she is, not to imply that Margaret is anything but ideal.

My nemisis is Arthur. He's mean to me and he picks on me. I know that it is just because he has to be threatened by how adorable I am. Sometimes he just looks at me and I know he's up to something, so I'll just go ahead and 'BIP' him in the face.

You could call me a vegetarian, like my mom, except that I eat meat. My favorite foods are snap peas, green peas, tomatoes, corn, green beans, spinach and brussels sprouts (and the brussels sprouts make really fun toys, too. What's better than a food that is also a toy?). I like kitty food too, in fact there really isn't much that I won't/don't eat.

My favorite toys are these spider rings leftover from Halloween and my mom's ponytail holders that she wears around the house.