Thursday, June 16, 2011

Sweet Pea - The Return of the Native


Some of you may remember last summer when a scrawny little stray cat came calling at the cottage screen door. No one I asked knew its story, except that according to local legend, it had spent two winters alone in the old garage. We gladly offered our hearts and home to this little waif. Thinking it was a girl kitty, we named it "Sweet Pea". But this little cat was full of surprises. She was a he!


Come Fall, "Pea" went to board in town with my friend Sandy on Main Street. Right next door is The Historical Society, and both staff and visitors to the Museum were quite taken with the cat, (who never missed a chance for a pat or photo-op). But not so taken with him were my friend's other feline pet, or the neighborhood townie cats, who bloodied and bullied poor "Tux", (as he was now called).



A telephone call from Sandy suggested that it would be best for all if the cat returned to the safety of its summer lakeside retreat. So great - he's back! Not so great, the worry of finding him more permanent digs.





Yet, we were in for one other surprise. When I encountered a neighbor from way down the beach road, I asked her if she would like to have a cat. As I began my sweet cat sales pitch, she said "Why, that sounds like "Jacob", my neighbor's cat - but he disappeared last winter."


OMG! "Sweet Pea" alias "Tux", is really "Jacob"!



Looks like we're all home at last!

Marjorie

3 comments:

  1. Hello Marjorie:
    We are so pleased that it all worked out well in the end. But what twists and turns in the [at least nine] lives of the cat. First a 'she' , then a 'he', adored then bullied and then fianlly returned home. Who says that animals don't see life?!!

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  2. I love stories like this!!!!!!!I lost my Maurice when we were looking for a home in Houston out from California..... The not knowing was killer...... So glad he got the Right Home!!!!!!!Maryanne xo

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  3. When I was a little girl, I had a book with your top image, as well as many others of little kittens dressed in clothes. I loved that book. Thanks for the precious memory.

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