My cat Brist

Some years ago, I had a cat called Brist. My husband chose the name because the cat was very quiet and “brist” in Basque is the onomatopoeia of …something very fast.

After riding our bikes, we used to do some stretching exercises and Brist wanted to help us/to join in. So, he/she put his/her legs forward, just like cats do when they wake up. Then he/she rolled on to his/her back and moved his/her body to one side and then to the other one.

He/she also loved to hang from the curtains and to swing like a monkey. After that, he/she used to go to (past tense) one side of the sofa and scratch the fabric. I bought something for him/her to scratch in the pet shop so that he/she could keep his/her nails short, but it was useless.

One day he/she fell down from the 5th floor but he/she was not injured at all! So, it was proved that the Spanish saying “El gato tiene 7 vidas” is true.

Hi Esther. Red = corrections. Blue = suggestions. Don't worry about the mistakes (red) as it is mostly the ''he/she'' when you used ''it''

When referring to a pet we usually use ''he/she'' instead of ''it'' because we know what sex it is.   However when referring to an animal that we don't know we can use either ''it, she or he''

Example.  How did that stray cat get in the house? It must have came in when the window was open. (we don't know if it is male or female)

My cat Brist

Some years ago, I had a cat called Brist. My husband chose the name because the cat was very quiet and “brist” in Basque is the onomatopoeia of …something very fast.

After riding on bike our bikes, we used to do some stretching exercises and Brist wanted to help us. So, it he/she put its his/her legs forward, just like cats do when they wake up. Then it he/she put itself upside down rolled onto his/her back and it moved its his/her body to one side and then to the other one.

It He/she also loved to hang from the curtains and to swing like a monkey. After that, it he/she went to one side of the sofa and they scratched the fabric. I bought a piece of equipment (I think it may be called a cat scratcher, but I'm not sure) in the animal shop so that it he/she could do the his/her manicure there, but it was useless.

One day it he/she fell down from the 5th floor and it but he/she was not injured at all! So, it was proved that the Spanish saying “El gato tiene 7 vidas” is real.

Most of the changes I've made are because we don't normally refer to a family pet as "it", it's more usual to refer to it by gender.

My cat Brist

Some years ago, I had a cat called Brist. My husband chose the name because the cat was very quiet and “brist” in Basque is the onomatopoeia of …something very fast.

After riding on bike our bikes, (since you and your husband both rode bicycles, in other words, more than one bike, "bike" should be plural) we used to do some stretching exercises and Brist wanted to help us. So, it put its legs forward, just like cats do when they wake up. Then it put itself upside down and it moved its body to one side and then to the other one. (What you wrote is correct, but I think this sounds more natural)

It also loved to hang from the curtains and to swing like a monkey. After that, it went to one side of the sofa and they it (just one cat, so it is singular) scratched the fabric. I bought something a piece (piece is correct, but I think the word "something" or "an item" sounds more natural) in from the animal shop so that it could do it's the manicure there, but it was useless.

One day it fell down from the 5th floor and it was not injured at all! So, it was proved that the Spanish saying “El gato tiene 7 vidas” is real. (In the US we have the same saying but we say "the cat has 9 lives". How funny!)