Found
My wife called me and told me that she hadn't seen the cat in a couple days. She asked me to look for it.
I looked under and over for her. She liked to climb and hide.
But I couldn't find her.
We had had an incident with the neighbor's bird feeder and I started to wonder if she might have done anything to her.
I started to see things.
Perhaps it was the graveyard across the street...
I started to see blood everywhere.
And it scared me badly for her.
Signs that our cat had been hurt or seriously wounded.
Were everywhere I looked.
unequivical proof that she was dead or dying.
then I heard it.
raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh
back by the woodpile
raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh
On the ground.
raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh Under the tree.
It was her.
she had something under the deadfall.
where she had found it I had no idea.
she had been at it for a while.
I watched fascinated as she continued.
I chased her away from it.
I propped it up to dry out while i called my wife to tell her I had found the cat.
She would be thrilled.
FIN
The cat and I don't get along very well anymore.