Neighborhood Cat, Strangely Curious

Our neighborhood cat (I’m not sure if it is the same cat from other accounts, or if there is more than one neighborhood cat) came by the other night while we were having supper on the deck (we, being my son, my wife and myself). She (the cat seems like a she to me) meowed a lot, apparently wanting attention.

I wasn’t sure if she was hungry of thirsty, but she didn’t seem interested in water, when I offered some to her, and she wasn’t begging for food. She appeared to be healthy and well fed, though she did scratch herself fairly vigorously on a couple of occasions.

She looked around at everything in the yard and on the deck, including the three of us. It seemed like it was more a case of being curious and perhaps wanting human attention. She was wearing a collar but kind of edged away when I tried reading the collar, to see if that would explain who she belonged to. She didn’t mind being petted, but not for too long at at time.

After some time, she decamped for the next house over and repeated the loud meowing. I am quite certain that someone came out to talk to her for a while, at one of the near-neighbors houses. After that interaction, she moved on to the next house down the block. And on it continued down the block, until we could barely make out the meowing.

Late that night I could hear her again, meowing in the distance. I wondered about her fate. But the next day, she came back, shortly after a squirrel met its fate in a transformer in the alley. That created quite a bang and a flash. Perhaps that frightened the cat, as she followed us around for quite a while after that.

Eventually she even sneaked into the house, following behind my wife, when she didn’t notice the cat. She came downstairs, where I was working at the computer. But again, she just seemed to be extremely curious about everything, scoping out whatever interested her. I finally persuaded her to depart, encouraging her to go up the steps to the back door. She didn’t seem to mind, even waiting at the door for me to open it and let her out. After that she sat on the back porch, sunning herself, until she finally headed off to points unknown.

The next morning, my wife heard her mewing on the front step, But when my wife got up to look out the door, all she saw was two cats running down the sidewalk. So, perhaps neighborhood had been lost and lonely and had been seeking her playmate. Apparently they had met up again and were resuming their friendship.

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The above account was all true, but if you want a nice story featuring cats and kids, you can check out the book below, written by my wife some time ago.

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The Summer Cottage Mystery

Here's a nice children's story by Science Fiction and Romance writer Helena Puumala. Yes, she does kid's stories too. Read it to a younger child (pre-school, elementary or early junior-high), or read it yourself to bring back memories of those long, lazy childhood days at the lake, during summer vacation, when your biggest worry in life was a lost kitten. Note that this is a short story of about 8500 words.

It is just 99 cents U.S. (equivalent in other currencies) and is sometimes on free promotion. And, of course, it’s on Kindle Unlimited.

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