Please celebrate with me today!
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63252)
United States
November 11, 2008 10:56pm CST
Eleven years ago some FOOL put the "cat" out for the night. Never mind said cat was only 6-8 weeks old.
So, there was a baby out on a cold, rainy, Houston night.
My friend Elaine heard the cries of the baby and her 2 cats were very upset so she went out to find the noise maker.
There was a little black kitten, who ran to hide under a car until she managed to coax it out so she could bring it inside.
Not wanting to take a chance the baby might have something dangerous to give to her cats, and to protect the kitten from the now, not so happy cats who only wanted their mom to shut the kitten up, not bring it inside! She put him in a carrier to take him to the vet the next morning.
She learned he was a healthy kitten, and was only going to foster him until a new home could be found.
Instead she fell in love with him and named him Scamp.
A year later my friend died and I got her cats and Scamp is still with me.
And I love him - a lot!
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12 responses
@smukherjee_on_line (578)
• India
12 Nov 08
This is great.Ok I want to celebrate with you.I never heard such a story before.It's unique...
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@smukherjee_on_line (578)
• India
12 Nov 08
ya sure....this is a great job which you have done..hat's off to you.........
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@smukherjee_on_line (578)
• India
12 Nov 08
ya sure....this is a great job which you have done..hat's off to you.........
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@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
12 Nov 08
That was so nice of your friend to take the kitten in even though the other cats didn't like it at the time. I am sure the other cats learned to love it anyway after time. So sorry to hear about your friend but I guess she finally found a good home for Scamp as you have him now.
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
12 Nov 08
She had talked about sending the cats to another friend, but 1 - she couldn't take anymore cats, 2 - Scamp and Marco probably couldn't have tolerated being shipped between states (Texas to Pennsylvania) and 3 - I LOVED Scamp and Marco (and Nefret) so I wanted them.
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@tamarafireheart (15384)
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12 Nov 08
Hi ElicBxn,
The poor cat, I hate people who are cruel to animals and I hop that this fool who done will one day get his come uppence, thank goodness for the kind hearted friend of yours to recue the kitten, and I am glad you have Scam because you are kind as well. I have two beautiful cats male and female Baby just loves to stay out all day and come in when she wants he food and Tom just stays by my side and sometimes ges in my way and wlk across my lapTop. Bless you.
Tamara
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@dreamweaverjan (3471)
• United States
12 Nov 08
{{Elic}} what a wonderful cat story, I love cat stories; I think Scamp is a lucky Cat, very lucky; Great picture too!!!
I am sure Scamp celebrates her fortune every day...{{hugs}}
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
13 Nov 08
It looks just like my cat. I rescue my cat too. It is nice to know that Scamp found great home. How many cats do you have?
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
13 Nov 08
Just curious, because you are taking care of your friend cats.
I have two dogs and one cat. Some people say that I have too many animals.
I don't think so. It is very personal.
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@BarBaraPrz (45684)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Nov 08
Well, Happy Happy all around!
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@BarBaraPrz (45684)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Nov 08
Nothing beats a cuddle from a cat you KNOW loves you.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
13 Nov 08
Aww---Scamp looks like my Pyewacket so of course I think he's a beauty. I'm sorry to hear about your friend having passed on but it's good to know that her cats including Scamp got a great home with you all these years
I'm sorry to hear about your friend having passed on but it's good to know that her cats including Scamp got a great home with you all these years1 person likes this
@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
13 Nov 08
Yep, he looks like your pye.
We actually have kind of a hard time telling him apart from Nefer, until you touch them. Nef's fur is course while Scamp is like satin or velvet - he's a JOY to pet his pelt! None of the other 3 black cats have quite such a nice coat. Tuti's is close, but she licks herself bald and sore in places.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
13 Nov 08
My Pyewacket's fur is satin smooth too. And he just LOVES attention, real ham he is. He can't stand it when I pay attention to my other kitty, Kissy
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@mentalward (14691)
• United States
12 Nov 08
Wow! That's some story! Good enough for a newspaper to print, I bet!
I'm so happy that you "found" your kitten again! Okay, so he's not a kitten anymore, but you got him back after all this time! That's incredible! You really should tell this story to your local newspaper. They like to print happy stories, too, and I bet they'd LOVE your story! It's not often when we lose something, whether it be a kitten or anything else, only to get it back 11 years later!
Thanks so much for sharing your story with us, ElicBxn! It has lifted my heart and made me smile. What a great gift to share with us!
Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!!!
