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….you’re going to get burned. Spice figured this out when she leaped onto the gas stove and burned off her whiskers over her eyes and on one side of her mouth. She still has the ones on the other side…. I asked The Internet if cat whiskers grow back and Google informed me that it would take a couple weeks and then she’d be fine.
Poor kitty!! The Internet also told me to keep her inside till they grow back because whiskers are so important for a cat’s safety.
I’ve always been scared of stoves. When I was in elementary school, a school friend accidentally knocked over a pot of boiling water on a stove and was terribly burned. I’m always obsessed with keeping pot handles turned in for that reason. Fire in general freaks me out. I never watch movies like Flashback. Or write about firefighters. When I was little, I used to make fire escape plans from my bedroom. (Is that weird?)
What are you scared of? And do you like to read books that include those subjects, or do you avoid them? Another scary topic for me is children dying. If I know a book includes a child’s death, I avoid it like the plague. Sometimes I’ll read one where a child is in danger, though–but only if I’m sure the child will be okay in the end. (Like, if it’s a romance novel–then I know they will be okay and can just enjoy the suspense.) You? Just curious–cuz I’m working on a proposal now that involves a child in danger. A random commenter will be chosen for their pick from my contemporary backlist!
It snowed again all weekend. But! It’s supposed to be in the 50s later this week!!!!! Things looking up in your neck of the woods, too? 
