Tuesday's Show & Tail

I'm participating in Angela's West Virginia Treasures Show and Tail. For information on this weekly event and a list of participants visit her blog.

This week I'm featuring the third cat in my life. After Timmy's death I was heartbroken, so our neighbor Mrs. Moore called around to all her animal friends and found someone that owned a pregnant cat. I was told that I could have one of the kittens.

After the kittens were born Mrs. Moore took us over to her friend's house so I could be the first one to choose a kitten. I don't remember how many kittens there were, but I do remember that there was only one gray one. I originally picked a red one (all the rest were red), but as we were getting ready to leave the gray one turned around and looked at us. My sister said, "Betty, look at that one looking at us...pick him." So, I did.

I had to wait until he was six weeks old before he could come home. It seemed like forever.

Here he is around 1959.



Although I remember this cat very well I no longer remember his name. That really bothers me a lot. I've wracked my brain trying to remember to no avail. We did not have him very long. I would say less than a year. He just disappeared one day. Then about three months later he showed up in the backyard while my mother was hanging out clothes. He started rubbing up against her legs. She called me outside to see him and told me to go get him some food. So, I went back inside for the food and by the time I returned he was gone. We never saw him again. I think another family must have taken him in and he just came by to say good bye.

I'm still hoping his name comes back to me one of these days.